CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: St Bernardine Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$779

about 1.4× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $463–$918

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$697

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $82 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $779 This hospital $697 Cash price $1,937 Hospital's list price $5,817

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

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

Cheapest $104 Priciest $697

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $779 (about 1.4× the $558 Medicare rate). St Bernardine Medical Center charges insurers about $697, or about $1,937 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in San Bernardino, CA.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente AetnaCigna

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	$697 - $5,960	125%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$360 - $5,093	64%
Humanamajor	$697	125%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$599 - $1,745	107%
Health Net	$363 - $2,025	65%
Molina	$338 - $697	61%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$240 - $1,687

Excludes 4 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 1,937), 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 St Bernardine 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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Other Procedures at St Bernardine Medical Center

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