CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Northwest Health-La Porte

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$542

about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $387–$846

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $542 Cash price $227 Hospital's list price $593

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$127 - $2,258	23%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$570 - $2,356	102%
Aetnamajor	$134 - $2,653	24%
Cignamajor	$129 - $2,384	23%
Humanamajor	$570 - $789	102%
CareSource	$607 - $789	109%
Devoted Health	$581	104%
Health Net	$152 - $2,823	27%
MagnaCare	$1,418	254%
+ 18 smaller / regional plans	$47 - $2,887

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

Excludes 8 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 227), 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 Northwest Health-La Porte 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 Northwest Health-La Porte

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