CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$553

about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $131–$858

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $553 Hospital's list price $3,174

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.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna AetnaHumanaKaiser 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	$2,037	365%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,372 - $2,408	425%
Cignamajor	$100	18%

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