CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Mercy Hospital Booneville

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$384

about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $175–$839

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$421

About the fair price

about $37 over the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $384 This hospital $421 Cash price $983 Hospital's list price $1,512

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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 $421

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 $384 (about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate). Mercy Hospital Booneville charges insurers about $421, or about $983 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Booneville, 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	$144 - $745	26%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$144 - $745	26%
Aetnamajor	$144 - $1,646	26%
Cignamajor	$199 - $2,153	36%
Humanamajor	$144 - $745	26%
Ambetter (Centene)	$199 - $1,028	36%
HealthLink	$417 - $2,153	75%
Independent Health	$144 - $745	26%
+ 46 smaller / regional plans	$144 - $2,280

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

Excludes 6 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 983), 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 Mercy Hospital Booneville 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 Mercy Hospital Booneville

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other AR hospitals

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