CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$473

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $186–$1,050

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$256

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $217 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $473 This hospital $256 Cash price $555 Hospital's list price $792

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How this hospital compares to other AR hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 AR hospitals compared.

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 $473 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital charges insurers about $256, or about $555 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Salem, AR.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$837	150%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$34 - $478	6%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$806

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 555), 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 Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital 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 Baxter Health Fulton County Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other AR hospitals

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