CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$548

about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $537–$567

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$595

About the fair price

about $47 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $548 This hospital $595 Cash price $548 Hospital's list price $2,492

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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 $595

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 $548 (about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate). Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc charges insurers about $595, or about $548 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Conway, 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	$524	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$462 - $474	83%
Aetnamajor	$526 - $2,094	94%
Cignamajor	$526 - $1,759	94%
Humanamajor	$516 - $2,617	92%
Ambetter (Centene)	$692	124%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$462 - $2,617

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 548), 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 Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc 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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