CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Springs County

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$512

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $363–$569

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$546

About the fair price

about $34 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $512 This hospital $546 Cash price $480 Hospital's list price $1,919

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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 $546

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 $512 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Springs County charges insurers about $546, or about $480 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Malvern, AR.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser 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	$540	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$533 - $697	95%
Humanamajor	$528	95%
Ambetter (Centene)	$845	151%
CareSource	$479	86%
WellCare	$556	100%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$479 - $1,104

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 480), 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 Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Springs County 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 Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Springs County

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