CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Palmetto General Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$609

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $375–$904

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$557

About the fair price

about $52 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $609 This hospital $557 Cash price $4,090 Hospital's list price $4,090

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

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

Cheapest $108 Priciest $557

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 $609 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). Palmetto General Hospital charges insurers about $557, or about $4,090 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hialeah, 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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldKaiser 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	$306 - $6,633	55%
Aetnamajor	$46 - $4,726	8%
Cignamajor	$269 - $3,316	48%
Humanamajor	$301 - $2,693	54%
Ambetter (Centene)	$998	179%
AmeriHealth	$1,160	208%
AvMed	$167 - $1,104	30%
Bright Health	$647	116%
Devoted Health	$531	95%
Molina	$1,027	184%
Oscar Health	$95 - $407	17%
+ 31 smaller / regional plans	$202 - $6,633

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

Excludes 6 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 4,090), 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 Palmetto General 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 Palmetto General Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other FL hospitals

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