CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Boston Medical Center-Brighton

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$673

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $494–$1,153

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$688

About the fair price

about $15 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $673 This hospital $688 Cash price $860 Hospital's list price $1,912

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How this hospital compares to other MA hospitals

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

Cheapest $395 Priciest $688

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $673 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Boston Medical Center-Brighton charges insurers about $688, or about $860 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Brighton, MA.

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	$655	117%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$655 - $1,434	117%
Aetnamajor	$655 - $1,398	117%
Cignamajor	$1,837	329%
Humanamajor	$655	117%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,180	211%
Tufts Health Plan	$1,618 - $1,837	290%
UniCare	$1,434	257%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$475 - $1,448

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

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 860), 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 Boston Medical Center-Brighton 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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