CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$208

about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $121–$614

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$216

About the fair price

about $8 over the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $208 This hospital $216 Cash price $1,976 Hospital's list price $3,040

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How this hospital compares to other HI hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other HI hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $176 Priciest $646

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 HI 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 $208 (about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate). Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $216, or about $1,976 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Kapaa, HI.

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✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente Blue Cross Blue ShieldAetnaCigna

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	$133 - $1,520	24%
Humanamajor	$1,520	272%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$181 - $2,736	32%
Devoted Health	$237 - $1,672	42%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$133 - $2,949

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 1,976), 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 Samuel Mahelona 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 Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other HI hospitals

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