CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$742

about 1.3× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $644–$960

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$697

About the fair price

about $45 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $742 This hospital $697 Cash price $697 Hospital's list price $1,504

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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 $742 (about 1.3× the $558 Medicare rate). Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello charges insurers about $697, or about $697 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Montebello, CA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$464	83%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$271 - $980	49%
Aetnamajor	$697 - $844	125%
Cignamajor	$1,018	182%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$344 - $697	62%
Health Net	$344 - $826	62%
Molina	$344	62%
Oscar Health	$732	131%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$344 - $1,128

Government programs also on file: 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 697), 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 Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello 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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