CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$531

about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $500–$567

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$526

About the fair price

about $5 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $531 This hospital $526 Cash price $1,121 Hospital's list price $1,868

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How this hospital compares to other AR hospitals

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

Cheapest $117 Priciest $526

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AR hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $531 (about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate). University of Arkansas Medical Sciences charges insurers about $526, or about $1,121 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Little Rock, AR.

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	$365 - $526	65%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$478 - $526	86%
Aetnamajor	$516	92%
Cignamajor	$531 - $748	95%
Humanamajor	$526	94%
Ambetter (Centene)	$751	135%
Devoted Health	$536	96%
WellCare	$521	93%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$478 - $1,436

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

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 1,121), 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 University of Arkansas Medical Sciences 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 University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

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