CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Southcoast Hospitals Group

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$670

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $527–$838

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$658

About the fair price

about $12 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $670 This hospital $658 Cash price $779 Hospital's list price $1,558

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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 $658

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 $670 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Southcoast Hospitals Group charges insurers about $658, or about $779 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fall River, MA.

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	$651 - $1,155	117%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$622 - $959	111%
Aetnamajor	$651 - $1,252	117%
Cignamajor	$968 - $1,082	173%
Harvard Pilgrim	$944	169%
Priority Health	$883 - $987	158%
Tufts Health Plan	$258 - $688	46%
WellSense	$224 - $658	40%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$651 - $987

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 2 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 779), 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 Southcoast Hospitals Group 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 Southcoast Hospitals Group

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