CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Treasure Valley Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$507

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $271–$757

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$561

About the fair price

about $54 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $507 This hospital $561 Cash price $907 Hospital's list price $1,954

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How this hospital compares to other ID hospitals

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

Cheapest $108 Priciest $561

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $507 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Treasure Valley Hospital charges insurers about $561, or about $907 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Boise, ID.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$505 - $1,622	90%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$617 - $1,168	111%
Aetnamajor	$1,622	291%
Cignamajor	$1,563	280%
GEHA	$1,661	298%
Health Net	$483 - $1,661	87%
Moda Health	$1,680 - $1,681	301%
PacificSource	$1,493	267%
SelectHealth	$505 - $757	90%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$1,066 - $1,798

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 6 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 907), 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 Treasure Valley 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 Treasure Valley Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other ID hospitals

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