CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Franciscan Health Crown Point

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,032

about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $604–$1,509

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$729

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $303 under the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $1,032 This hospital $729 Cash price $819 Hospital's list price $3,173

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How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

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

Cheapest $110 Priciest $729

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $1,032 (about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Franciscan Health Crown Point charges insurers about $729, or about $819 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Crown Point, IN.

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	$2,189 - $2,411	392%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$328 - $2,221	59%
Aetnamajor	$1,301 - $2,062	233%
Cignamajor	$1,352 - $2,164	242%
UniCare	$328 - $1,900	59%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$649 - $3,173

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 819), 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 Franciscan Health Crown Point 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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