CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: South Peninsula Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$429

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $204–$1,382

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$271

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $158 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $429 This hospital $271 Cash price $1,901 Hospital's list price $2,534

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How this hospital compares to other AK hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 2 charge less, among the 6 AK hospitals compared.

Cheapest $244 Priciest $1,242

Black dot = this hospital, among the 6 AK hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $429 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). South Peninsula Hospital charges insurers about $271, or about $1,901 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Homer, AK.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$229 - $4,060	41%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$312 - $4,104	56%
Aetnamajor	$557 - $3,972	100%
Cignamajor	$623 - $4,192	112%
GEHA	$590 - $3,972	106%
Moda Health	$623 - $4,192	112%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$137 - $4,325

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 1,901), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 93306.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm South Peninsula Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 93306.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at South Peninsula Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other AK hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.