CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Banner Payson Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,192

about 2.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $523–$1,771

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $1,192 Cash price $653 Hospital's list price $1,248

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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	$512 - $836	92%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$512 - $2,066	92%
Aetnamajor	$508 - $826	91%
Cignamajor	$512 - $993	92%
Humanamajor	$542	97%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$512	92%
Banner Health	$350 - $512	63%
Devoted Health	$563	101%
Health Net	$350 - $757	63%
Oscar Health	$844	151%
UPMC Health Plan	$512	92%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$350 - $1,123

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 653), 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 Payson Medical Center 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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