Scans and imaging CPT 76536 Outpatient

Thyroid or neck ultrasound cost in Grand Rapids, MI

In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Ultrasound of the soft tissues of the head and neck, such as the thyroid: from $495.00 to $866.00, with a median of $680.50. The lowest listed price is at Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital and 1 other hospital — $185.50 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $443.03 at 60 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

Lowest$495.00Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital + 1 more
Median$680.50half pay less
Highest$866.00in this market
Difference1.7×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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.

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Lowest $495.00Highest $866.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital lowest Zeeland, MI Hc Us Soft Tissue Head/Neck $495.00 $495.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Greenville Hospital lowest Greenville, MI Hc Us Soft Tissue Head/Neck $495.00 $495.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI Hc Us Soft Tissue Head/Neck $866.00 $866.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI Hc Us Soft Tissue Head/Neck $866.00 $866.00 — — —
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Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Us Soft Tissue Head/Neck $866.00 $866.00 — — —
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Outpatient: lowest $495.00, median $680.50, highest $866.00 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $511.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.