CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$270

about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $157–$390

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$205

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $65 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $270 This hospital $205 Cash price $694 Hospital's list price $1,324

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

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

Cheapest $112 Priciest $205

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IL 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 $270 (about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate). University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics charges insurers about $205, or about $694 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Chicago, IL.

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	$67 - $342	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$75 - $341	13%
Aetnamajor	$67 - $390	12%
Cignamajor	$109 - $316	20%
Health Net	$95 - $372	17%
HealthLink	$106 - $2,385	19%
Meridian	$112 - $341	20%
Molina	$54 - $341	10%
WellCare	$71 - $203	13%
+ 28 smaller / regional plans	$67 - $1,010

Excludes 3 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 694), 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 University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics 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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