CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: UW Health

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$403

about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $259–$471

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$406

About the fair price

about $3 over the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $403 This hospital $406 Cash price $776 Hospital's list price $4,849

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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 $406

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 $403 (about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate). UW Health charges insurers about $406, or about $776 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Rockford, 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	$185 - $2,395	33%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$127 - $1,542	23%
Aetnamajor	$127 - $2,250	23%
Cignamajor	$343 - $2,488	61%
Humanamajor	$185 - $558	33%
Health Net	$3,879	695%
Quartz	$349 - $1,702	63%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$185 - $3,637

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 776), 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 UW Health 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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