CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$223

about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $146–$590

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$120

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $103 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $223 This hospital $120 Cash price $1,367 Hospital's list price $3,418

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other FL hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $108 Priciest $272

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 $223 (about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate). Sarasota Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $120, or about $1,367 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sarasota, FL.

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	$68 - $2,567	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$63 - $571	11%
Aetnamajor	$72 - $2,734	13%
Cignamajor	$100 - $182	18%
Ambetter (Centene)	$178 - $1,541	32%
AmeriHealth	$57 - $329	10%
AvMed	$2,495	447%
Molina	$56 - $323	10%
Oscar Health	$112 - $206	20%
Simply Healthcare	$54 - $314	10%
WellCare	$71 - $599	13%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$54 - $1,978

Excludes 2 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 1,367), 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 Sarasota Memorial 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 Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other FL hospitals

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