CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: St Lukes Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$301

about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $224–$445

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$253

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $48 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $301 This hospital $253 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 $253

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 $301 (about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate). St Lukes Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $253, or about $468 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sioux City, 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 - $1,463	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$64 - $545	11%
Aetnamajor	$63 - $1,340	11%
Cignamajor	$166 - $874	30%
Humanamajor	$66 - $561	12%
Amerigroup	$486	87%
HealthPartners	$129 - $819	23%
Medica	$717 - $803	128%
Molina	$64 - $545	11%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$56 - $903

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 St Lukes Regional Medical Center 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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