CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Adventist Health Bakersfield

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$437

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $211–$890

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$267

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $170 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $437 This hospital $267 Cash price $403 Hospital's list price $2,689

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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 $267

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 $437 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Bakersfield charges insurers about $267, or about $403 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Bakersfield, 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	$69 - $703	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$69 - $2,165	12%
Aetnamajor	$70 - $2,529	13%
Cignamajor	$93 - $2,657	17%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$344 - $1,209	62%
Health Net	$69 - $703	12%
Oscar Health	$69 - $1,124	12%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$69 - $4,088

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 8 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 403), 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 Bakersfield 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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