CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$666

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $215–$955

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$551

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $115 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $666 This hospital $551 Hospital's list price $7,231

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

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

Cheapest $110 Priciest $551

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $666 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital charges insurers about $551 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Brighton, CO.

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✓ 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	$551 - $5,343	99%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,877 - $5,629	515%
Aetnamajor	$5,763	1032%
Cignamajor	$2,581 - $5,014	462%
Humanamajor	$3,037	544%
GEHA	$5,343 - $5,763	957%
SelectHealth	$551	99%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$551

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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, 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 Intermountain Health Platte Valley 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 Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other CO hospitals

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