CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Bleckley Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$612

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $192–$1,331

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$485

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $127 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $612 This hospital $485 Cash price $297 Hospital's list price $781

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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 $485

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 $612 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). Bleckley Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $485, or about $297 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Cochran, 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✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna AetnaHumanaKaiser 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	$414 - $485	74%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$409 - $625	73%
Cignamajor	$543	97%

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 297), 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 Bleckley Memorial 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 Bleckley Memorial Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other GA hospitals

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