Thyroid or neck ultrasound cost in Santa Rosa, CA
In Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for ultrasound of the soft tissues of the head and neck, such as the thyroid: from $244.80 to $907.20, with a median of $482.46. The lowest listed price is at Healdsburg Hospital — $237.66 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $826.80 at 102 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healdsburg Hospital lowest Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC PR 76536 HEAD AND NECK SOFT TISSUES | $244.80 | $480.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC US ED EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK CDM | $359.55 | $705.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC US EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK | $467.16 | $916.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC US EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK | $472.26 | $926.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC US EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK | $492.66 | $966.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 571-4000 US SOFT TISSUE HEAD & NECK REAL TIME IMGE DOCM | $907.20 | $1,620.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC US EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK | $1,216.35 | $2,385.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC US ED EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK CDM | $1,216.35 | $2,385.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC US ED EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK CDM | $1,949.22 | $3,822.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC US EXAM OF HEAD AND NECK | $2,255.73 | $4,423.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $244.80, median $482.46, highest $907.20 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,061.78. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.