CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: HCA Florida Northwest Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$965

about 1.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $457–$1,644

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,056

About the fair price

about $91 over the fair price · 1.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $965 This hospital $1,056 Cash price $16,025 Hospital's list price $16,025

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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 $1,056

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 $965 (about 1.7× the $558 Medicare rate). HCA Florida Northwest Hospital charges insurers about $1,056, or about $16,025 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Margate, FL.

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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna Blue Cross Blue ShieldHumanaKaiser 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	$7,211	1292%
Aetnamajor	$4,808	861%
Cignamajor	$3,365	603%
AmeriHealth	$2,724	488%
AvMed	$2,083 - $8,012	373%
Medica	$9,294	1665%
Molina	$3,045 - $4,327	545%
Oscar Health	$2,564	459%
Simply Healthcare	$2,083 - $2,163	373%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$1,378 - $8,012

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 16,025), 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 HCA Florida Northwest 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 HCA Florida Northwest Hospital

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