CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$723

about 1.3× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $474–$1,200

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$562

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $161 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $723 This hospital $562 Cash price $772 Hospital's list price $1,931

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How this hospital compares to other GA hospitals

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

Cheapest $122 Priciest $562

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 GA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $723 (about 1.3× the $558 Medicare rate). Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton charges insurers about $562, or about $772 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Carrollton, GA.

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	$545	98%
Aetnamajor	$556	100%
Cignamajor	$562	101%
Clover Health	$573	103%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$600

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 772), 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 Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton 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 Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton

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