CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Aspen Valley Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$294

about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $133–$979

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $294 Cash price $1,366 Hospital's list price $1,366

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$623 - $1,578	112%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$623 - $1,460	112%
Aetnamajor	$623 - $1,578	112%
Cignamajor	$807 - $1,578	145%
Humanamajor	$623 - $1,499	112%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$1,153 - $1,578	207%
GEHA	$1,095 - $1,499	196%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,153 - $1,578	207%
Health Net	$1,153 - $1,578	207%
Tufts Health Plan	$1,153 - $1,578	207%
+ 38 smaller / regional plans	$966 - $1,578

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

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 1,366), 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 Aspen 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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