CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Crestwood Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$485

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $360–$577

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$497

About the fair price

about $12 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $485 This hospital $497 Cash price $2,111 Hospital's list price $10,824

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How this hospital compares to other AL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 AL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $106 Priciest $497

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 $485 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Crestwood Medical Center charges insurers about $497, or about $2,111 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Huntsville, 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	$181 - $495	32%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$487 - $690	87%
Aetnamajor	$502 - $7,668	90%
Cignamajor	$447 - $497	80%
Humanamajor	$487	87%
Ambetter (Centene)	$743	133%
Clover Health	$500	90%
Devoted Health	$497	89%
SelectHealth	$492	88%
WellCare	$505	90%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$487 - $8,659

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 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 2,111), 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 Crestwood Medical Center 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 Crestwood Medical Center

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