CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$591

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $573–$753

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$583

About the fair price

about $8 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $591 This hospital $583 Cash price $582 Hospital's list price $4,786

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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 $583

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $591 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center charges insurers about $583, or about $582 in cash — about the fair price. 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.

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	$583 - $1,288	104%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$544 - $816	97%
Aetnamajor	$544 - $612	97%
Cignamajor	$583	104%
Humanamajor	$544 - $641	97%
Ambetter (Centene)	$944	169%
Devoted Health	$583	104%
Health Net	$699	125%
HealthPartners	$583 - $670	104%
Meridian	$571 - $612	102%
Molina	$571 - $874	102%
WellCare	$583	104%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$131 - $903

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 582), 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 Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth 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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Other Procedures at Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center

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