CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Oakdale Community Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$612

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $176–$874

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$173

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $439 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $612 This hospital $173 Cash price $396 Hospital's list price $1,980

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How this hospital compares to other LA hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 LA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $129 Priciest $231

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $612 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). Oakdale Community Hospital charges insurers about $173, or about $396 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Oakdale, LA.

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	$438	78%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$790	142%
Aetnamajor	$173 - $1,113	31%
Cignamajor	$1,079 - $1,117	193%
Humanamajor	$482 - $1,247	86%
+ 23 smaller / regional plans	$396 - $1,980

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

Excludes 3 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 396), 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 Oakdale Community Hospital 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 Oakdale Community Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other LA hospitals

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