CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$451

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $323–$514

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$404

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $47 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $451 This hospital $404 Hospital's list price $2,605

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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 $404

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 $451 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus charges insurers about $404 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Saint Marys, 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✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$404 - $2,011	72%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$404 - $1,849	72%
Aetnamajor	$413 - $2,214	74%
Cignamajor	$2,318	415%
Humanamajor	$404 - $2,318	72%
Ambetter (Centene)	$647	116%
Amerigroup	$61	11%
CareSource	$61 - $607	11%
Clover Health	$413	74%
Devoted Health	$421	75%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$61 - $2,344

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 2 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, 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 Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus 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 Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus

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