CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$352

about 0.6× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $294–$441

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$323

About the fair price

about $29 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $352 This hospital $323 Cash price $1,412 Hospital's list price $2,172

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How this hospital compares to other MI hospitals

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

Cheapest $99 Priciest $323

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $352 (about 0.6× the $558 Medicare rate). Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital charges insurers about $323, or about $1,412 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Monroe, MI.

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✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$329 - $1,764	59%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$181 - $1,220	32%
Aetnamajor	$181 - $1,529	32%
Humanamajor	$187 - $558	33%
AmeriHealth	$245	44%
Health Net	$1,520	272%
Meridian	$299	54%
Molina	$323	58%
Paramount	$177 - $1,651	32%
Priority Health	$181 - $1,195	32%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$181 - $1,781

Government programs also on file: 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 1,412), 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 Promedica Monroe Regional 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 Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other MI hospitals

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