CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$233

about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $201–$408

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$229

About the fair price

about $4 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $233 This hospital $229 Cash price $468 Hospital's list price $585

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

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

Cheapest $95 Priciest $229

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $233 (about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate). Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown charges insurers about $229, or about $468 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Marshalltown, IA.

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	$66 - $1,142	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$64 - $565	11%
Aetnamajor	$63 - $1,240	11%
Cignamajor	$166 - $1,252	30%
Humanamajor	$66 - $531	12%
Amerigroup	$534	96%
HealthPartners	$129 - $964	23%
Medica	$673 - $753	121%
Molina	$64 - $516	11%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$66 - $534

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 468), 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 Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown 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 Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown

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