Scans and imaging CPT 76536 Outpatient

Thyroid or neck ultrasound cost in Evansville, IN

In Evansville, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for ultrasound of the soft tissues of the head and neck, such as the thyroid: from $109.90 to $639.60, with a median of $639.60. The lowest listed price is at Deaconess Hospital — $529.70 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $353.00 at 63 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 76536, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Feb 13, 2026.

Lowest$109.90Deaconess Hospital
Median$639.60half pay less
Highest$639.60in this market
Difference5.8×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Evansville, IN.

median
Lowest $109.90Highest $639.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Deaconess Hospital lowest Newburgh, IN CHG US SOFT TISSUE HEAD & NECK REAL TIME IMGE DOCM $109.90 $314.00 $62.77–$276.32 65% Feb 11, 2026
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Deaconess Hospital lowest Newburgh, IN CHG US SOFT TISSUE HEAD & NECK REAL TIME IMGE DOCM $109.90 $314.00 $24.85–$188.40 65% Feb 13, 2026
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Deaconess Hospital Newburgh, IN HC US SOFT TISSUE HEAD/NECK $521.40 $1,580.00 $102.57–$1,390.40 67% Feb 11, 2026
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Deaconess Hospital Newburgh, IN HC US SOFT TISSUE HEAD/NECK ED $521.40 $1,580.00 $102.57–$1,390.40 67% Feb 11, 2026
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Deaconess Hospital Newburgh, IN HC US SOFT TISSUE HEAD/NECK $582.44 $987.17 $39.20–$839.09 41% Feb 13, 2026
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Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville, IN · (812) 485-4000 US HEAD/NECK TIS B-SCAN W/IM $639.60 $1,066.00 $20.12–$710.81 40% —
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Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville, IN · (812) 485-4000 US HEAD/NECK TIS B-SCAN W/IM $639.60 $1,066.00 $20.12–$710.81 40% —
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Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 US HEAD/NECK TIS B-SCAN W/IM $639.60 $1,066.00 $20.12–$742.47 40% —
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Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville, IN · (812) 897-4800 US HEAD/NECK TIS B-SCAN W/IM $639.60 $1,066.00 $20.12–$742.47 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $109.90, median $639.60, highest $639.60 — a 5.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $639.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This ultrasound looks at the soft tissues of the neck and head, most often the thyroid, as well as salivary glands and lymph nodes. It is ordered for a lump or swelling in the neck, thyroid nodules or an abnormal thyroid test.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the exam itself. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a needle biopsy of a nodule is billed under different codes.