CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: St Alexius Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$655

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $594–$797

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$749

About the fair price

about $94 over the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $655 This hospital $749

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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 $749

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 $655 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). St Alexius Medical Center charges insurers about $749 — about the fair price. Located in Hoffman Estates, 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	$543 - $577	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$572 - $1,078	102%
Aetnamajor	$572 - $1,078	102%
Cignamajor	$1,018 - $1,103	182%
Humanamajor	$572	102%
Ambetter (Centene)	$926	166%
Bright Health	$714	128%
Meridian	$1,078	193%
Molina	$589	106%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$543 - $1,078

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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, 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 St Alexius 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 St Alexius Medical Center

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