Scans and imaging CPT 76536 Outpatient

Thyroid or neck ultrasound cost in Texarkana, TX

In Texarkana, TX-AR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ultrasound of the soft tissues of the head and neck, such as the thyroid: from $773.50 to $773.50, with a median of $773.50. Across Texas, the median is $630.55 at 292 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Jan 14, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026.

Lowest$773.50CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street
Median$773.50half pay less
Highest$773.50in this market
Difference1.0×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 Texarkana, TX-AR.

median
Lowest $773.50Highest $773.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street lowest Texarkana, TX · (903) 798-8000 US Head Neck Soft Tissue $773.50 $1,547.00 $97.70–$1,547.00 50% Jan 14, 2026
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CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street lowest Texarkana, TX · (903) 798-8000 US Parathyroid $773.50 $1,547.00 $97.70–$1,547.00 50% Jan 14, 2026
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CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street lowest Texarkana, TX · (903) 798-8000 US Parotid $773.50 $1,547.00 $97.70–$1,547.00 50% Jan 14, 2026
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CHRISTUS Health - Pine Street lowest Texarkana, TX · (903) 798-8000 US Thyroid $773.50 $1,547.00 $97.70–$1,547.00 50% Jan 14, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $773.50, median $773.50, highest $773.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $936.78. 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 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.