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Ultrasound Scan of Head and Neck Soft Tissue Cost in Pennsylvania
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 77 Pennsylvania hospitals. CPT 76536. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $243
📉 Low $13.50
📈 High $3,501
🏥 77 hospitals
🏛️ 57 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $107
Hospital comparison — Pennsylvania
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 77 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | Cigna | Medicare | Humana | Medicaid | BCBS | TRICARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHN SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL ERIE |
$13.50 | $36.79 | $56.08 | $42.44 | $119 | $123 | — | $121 | — |
| AHN JEFFERSON HOSPITAL JEFFERSON HILLS |
$14.25 | $36.79 | $61.18 | $42.44 | $105 | $108 | — | — | — |
| AHN FORBES HOSPITAL MONROEVILLE |
$16.50 | $36.79 | $61.18 | $42.44 | $105 | $108 | — | — | — |
| AHN CANONSBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL CANONSBURG |
$16.50 | $36.79 | $50.98 | $42.44 | $105 | $108 | — | — | — |
| AHN GROVE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GROVE CITY |
$17.25 | $36.79 | $50.98 | $42.44 | $105 | $108 | — | — | — |
| AHN ALLEGHENY VALLEY HOSPITAL NATRONA HEIGHTS |
$17.25 | $36.79 | $50.98 | $42.44 | $105 | $108 | — | — | — |
| AHN ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH |
$18.00 | $36.79 | $61.18 | $42.44 | $108 | $108 | — | — | — |
| AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD |
$19.50 | $36.79 | $106 | $42.44 | $105 | $108 | — | — | — |
| WEST PENN HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH |
$20.25 | $36.79 | $61.18 | $42.44 | $105 | $108 | — | — | — |
| PENN HIGHLANDS MON VALLEY HOSPITAL COUNTRY CLUB RD. MONONGAHELA |
$26.40 | $26.07 | $11.26 | — | $25.31 | $26.07 | $25.37 | $23.79 | — |
| BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL SUSQUEHANNA |
$70.00 | $42.91 | $40.00 | $53.53 | $40.00 | $30.86 | $8.82 | — | — |
| HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER BEAVER |
$81.81 | $40.73 | $40.73 | $40.73 | — | — | — | — | — |
| HERITAGE VALLEY SEWICKLEY MCKEES ROCKS |
$81.81 | $40.73 | $40.73 | $40.73 | — | — | — | — | — |
| LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL BRISTOL |
$102 | $57.61 | — | $249 | $103 | $82.27 | $50.98 | $103 | $103 |
| SUBURBAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL NORRISTOWN |
$106 | $57.61 | — | $253 | $107 | $85.50 | $50.98 | $107 | $107 |
| JEFFERSON ABINGTON HOSPITAL ABINGTON |
$118 | $38.50 | $37.89 | — | $77.00 | — | $27.91 | — | — |
| JEFFERSON BUCKS HOSPITAL LANGHORNE |
$119 | $94.88 | $87.83 | $96.74 | $88.37 | $94.88 | $68.97 | — | $93.02 |
| JEFFERSON LANSDALE HOSPITAL LANSDALE |
$121 | $96.23 | $87.83 | $98.12 | $94.34 | $96.23 | $68.97 | — | $94.34 |
| JEFFERSON FRANKFORD HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$124 | $98.60 | $87.83 | $101 | $91.84 | $98.60 | $68.97 | — | $96.67 |
| JEFFERSON METHODIST HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$124 | $98.60 | $96.62 | $101 | $96.67 | $98.60 | $52.97 | — | $96.67 |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$124 | $98.60 | $96.62 | $101 | $96.67 | $98.60 | $52.97 | — | $96.67 |
| JEFFERSON TORRESDALE HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$124 | $98.60 | $87.83 | $101 | $91.84 | $98.60 | $68.97 | — | $96.67 |
| JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL EAST NORRITON |
$125 | $75.91 | $112 | $109 | — | $105 | — | — | — |
| FRED AND MINERVA BRAEMER HEART CENTER PHILADELPHIA |
$125 | $75.91 | $115 | $113 | — | $108 | — | — | — |
| MAGEE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$126 | $98.23 | $67.34 | $102 | $108 | $100 | $91.25 | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH HOLY SPIRIT MEDICAL CENTER CAMP HILL |
$127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER BERNVILLE ROAD READING |
$138 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING WYOMISSING |
$151 | $109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH LANCASTER MEDICAL CENTER STATE ROAD LANCASTER |
$154 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL DRIVE MEYERSDALE |
$156 | $38.00 | $39.52 | $61.60 | — | — | — | $475 | $38.00 |
| CLARION HOSPITAL CLARION |
$157 | $102 | $105 | $102 | $102 | — | $76.35 | — | $102 |
| PENN STATE HEALTH HAMPDEN MEDICAL CENTER ENOLA |
$167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLIED SERVICES WILKES-BARRE REHAB HOSPITAL WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP |
$179 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLIED SERVICES SCRANTON REHAB HOSPITAL SCRANTON |
$179 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BUTLER |
$197 | $76.35 | $87.80 | $234 | $102 | $106 | $76.35 | — | $102 |
| WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL CRESCENT PARK WEST WARREN |
$214 | $100 | $63.00 | $60.00 | — | $101 | — | $100 | $60.00 |
| GUTHRIE ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL SAYRE |
$223 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GUTHRIE TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TROY |
$223 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GUTHRIE ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL, TOWANDA CAMPUS TOWANDA |
$223 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER ROARING SPRING |
$236 | $100 | $98.44 | $41.20 | $100 | $100 | — | $100 | $100 |
| HOLY REDEEMER HOSPITAL MEADOWBROOK |
$241 | $139 | $112 | $112 | — | — | — | $106 | — |
| INDIANA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INDIANA |
$243 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL UNIONTOWN |
$250 | $101 | $20.46 | $90.00 | $101 | $106 | — | $186 | — |
| CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER HAIDA AVENUE HASTINGS |
$318 | $20.00 | $20.80 | $61.60 | — | — | — | $10.22 | $20.00 |
| PAM HEALTH SPECIALTY HOSPITAL HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER |
$327 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PAM HEALTH SPECIALTY HOSPITAL HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER |
$327 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAZARETH HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$342 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY FITZGERALD HOSPITAL DARBY |
$348 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER STATE COLLEGE |
$362 | $127 | $124 | $124 | — | $127 | — | $129 | — |
| CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JOHNSTOWN |
$365 | $59.80 | $104 | $100 | — | — | — | $99.74 | $100 |
| WESTMORELAND HOSPITAL GREEENSBURG |
$379 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FRICK HOSPITAL MT PLESANT |
$389 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LATROBE HOSPITAL LATROBE |
$389 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PEACH ORCHARD RD. MC CONNELLSBURG |
$420 | $90.00 | $46.00 | $30.80 | $100 | $104 | — | $40.00 | — |
| PENN MEDICINE DOYLESTOWN HEALTH WEST STATE STREET DOYLESTOWN |
$554 | $100 | $106 | $104 | $100 | — | — | $27.00 | $100 |
| AHN BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL GREENSBURG |
$561 | $106 | $106 | $109 | — | $108 | — | — | — |
| WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL YORK |
$583 | $109 | $107 | $608 | $104 | — | $63.73 | — | — |
| WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL YORK |
$583 | $109 | $107 | $608 | $104 | — | $63.73 | — | — |
| WELLSPAN GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL GETTYSBURG |
$583 | — | $113 | — | $108 | — | $63.73 | — | — |
| SHRINERS CHILDREN'S PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA |
$606 | $112 | $76.35 | $139 | — | $74.16 | — | $112 | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 76536, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $506 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 77 Pennsylvania hospitals above publish for Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 76536 in Pennsylvania, Medicare reimburses about $107 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Pennsylvania range from $13.50 to $3,501 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 2.3x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue cost in Pennsylvania?
- Cash prices for ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue (CPT 76536) in Pennsylvania range from $13.50 to $3,501, with a median of $243. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue in Pennsylvania?
- The cheapest Pennsylvania hospital published cash price for this procedure is $13.50. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Pennsylvania facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 76536 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.