CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Banner Heart Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$574

about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $546–$589

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$584

About the fair price

about $10 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $574 This hospital $584 Cash price $474 Hospital's list price $2,678

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How this hospital compares to other AZ hospitals

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

Cheapest $119 Priciest $584

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $574 (about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate). Banner Heart Hospital charges insurers about $584, or about $474 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Mesa, AZ.

What each insurance company pays

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

6 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	$584 - $2,341	105%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$584 - $1,679	105%
Aetnamajor	$533 - $1,411	95%
Cignamajor	$584 - $1,840	105%
Humanamajor	$584 - $602	105%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$584	105%
Banner Health	$350 - $584	63%
Devoted Health	$614	110%
Health Net	$350 - $865	63%
Oscar Health	$964	173%
UPMC Health Plan	$584	105%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$350 - $2,008

Government programs also on file: 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 474), 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 Banner Heart 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 Banner Heart Hospital

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