CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$415

about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $151–$888

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$329

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $86 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $415 This hospital $329 Cash price $4,563 Hospital's list price $4,563

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How this hospital compares to other DE hospitals

One of the lower prices — 4 of 6 other DE hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $188 Priciest $814

Black dot = this hospital, among the 7 DE 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 $415 (about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate). Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware charges insurers about $329, or about $4,563 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Wilmington, DE.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$1,675 - $2,847	300%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,413 - $4,030	253%
Aetnamajor	$1,936 - $2,647	347%
Cignamajor	$2,510 - $2,875	450%
Ambetter (Centene)	$2,601	466%
AmeriHealth	$1,398 - $2,601	250%
Fidelis Care	$1,825	327%
Geisinger	$2,738	490%
HealthPartners	$1,770	317%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,807	324%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$213 - $4,563

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 7 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 4,563), 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 Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 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 Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other DE hospitals

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