CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Marion Communtiy Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,667

about 3.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $542–$2,012

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,704

About the fair price

about $37 over the fair price · 3.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $1,667 This hospital $1,704 Cash price $11,523 Hospital's list price $11,523

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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 $1,704

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 $1,667 (about 3.0× the $558 Medicare rate). Marion Communtiy Hospital charges insurers about $1,704, or about $11,523 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Ocala, 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	$2,005 - $5,185	359%
Aetnamajor	$3,457	619%
Cignamajor	$2,005 - $4,793	359%
AvMed	$1,383 - $3,226	248%
Molina	$2,189 - $3,687	392%
Simply Healthcare	$1,463	262%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$142 - $10,370

Excludes 8 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 11,523), 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 Marion Communtiy 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 Marion Communtiy Hospital

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