CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Piedmont Augusta Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$896

about 1.6× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $389–$1,366

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$964

About the fair price

about $68 over the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $896 This hospital $964 Cash price $1,197 Hospital's list price $3,991

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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 $964

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 $896 (about 1.6× the $558 Medicare rate). Piedmont Augusta Hospital charges insurers about $964, or about $1,197 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Augusta, GA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$1,569 - $2,415	281%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$647 - $1,189	116%
Aetnamajor	$2,914	522%
Cignamajor	$2,714	486%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$2,953	529%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$296 - $3,592

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 4 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 1,197), 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 Piedmont Augusta 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 Piedmont Augusta Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other GA hospitals

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