Thyroid or neck ultrasound cost in Flint, MI
In Flint, MI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for ultrasound of the soft tissues of the head and neck, such as the thyroid: from $217.14 to $292.80, with a median of $254.97. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Health — $37.83 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $443.03 at 60 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Flint, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health lowest Grand Blanc Twp, MI ULT NECK PARATHYROID | $217.14 | $517.00 | $99.59–$174.61 | 58% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health lowest Grand Blanc Twp, MI ULT NECK/HEAD SOFT TISSUE | $217.14 | $517.00 | $99.59–$174.61 | 58% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health lowest Grand Blanc Twp, MI ULT NECK THYROID | $217.14 | $517.00 | $99.59–$174.61 | 58% | — source file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MI · (810) 342-2000 US Head/Neck Soft Tissue | $292.80 | $585.60 | $58.17–$548.75 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $217.14, median $254.97, highest $292.80 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76536 ($474.44). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| McLaren Flint Flint, MIHospitalist BP 76536 US Soft Tissues Head & Neck | $36.90 | file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MIDP Ultrasound soft tissues of head and neck 76536 | $36.90 | file |
| McLaren Flint Flint, MIUS Head/Neck Soft Tissue - Report | $36.90 | file |