CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: St Vincent's Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$365

about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $219–$777

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$228

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $137 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $365 This hospital $228 Cash price $3,727 Hospital's list price $3,727

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How this hospital compares to other CT hospitals

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

Cheapest $153 Priciest $228

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $365 (about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate). St Vincent's Medical Center charges insurers about $228, or about $3,727 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Bridgeport, CT.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$223	40%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$223 - $494	40%
Aetnamajor	$229	41%
Molina	$223 - $2,184	40%
Tufts Health Plan	$223	40%
WellCare	$228	41%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$223

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 3,727), 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 Vincent's 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 Vincent's Medical Center

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