CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: USA Health University Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$263

about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $183–$539

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$197

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $66 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $263 This hospital $197 Cash price $1,559 Hospital's list price $1,559

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How this hospital compares to other AL hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other AL hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $106 Priciest $476

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AL 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 $263 (about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate). USA Health University Hospital charges insurers about $197, or about $1,559 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Mobile, AL.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$197 - $1,093	35%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$193	35%
Aetnamajor	$197 - $1,113	35%
Cignamajor	$197 - $963	35%
Humanamajor	$197 - $1,316	35%
Ambetter (Centene)	$236	42%
Devoted Health	$197 - $1,417	35%
Molina	$216 - $450	39%
WellCare	$197	35%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$108 - $1,822

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (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 1,559), 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 USA Health University 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 USA Health University Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other AL hospitals

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