CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Decatur County Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$252

about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $119–$1,187

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$279

About the fair price

about $27 over the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $252 This hospital $279 Cash price $399 Hospital's list price $499

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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 $279

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 $252 (about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate). Decatur County Hospital charges insurers about $279, or about $399 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Leon, 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	$65 - $1,926	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$118 - $725	21%
Aetnamajor	$65 - $1,790	12%
Cignamajor	$429 - $1,949	77%
Humanamajor	$364 - $1,654	65%
Amerigroup	$68 - $2,379	12%
HealthPartners	$459 - $2,085	82%
Medica	$399 - $1,813	71%
Medical Mutual	$439 - $1,994	79%
Priority Health	$155 - $2,266	28%
+ 17 smaller / regional plans	$81 - $2,311

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 (about 399), 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 Decatur County 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 Decatur County Hospital

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