CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Gillette Childrens Specialty Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$188

about 0.3× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $144–$511

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$156

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $32 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $188 This hospital $156 Cash price $416 Hospital's list price $693

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other MN hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $131 Priciest $231

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $188 (about 0.3× the $558 Medicare rate). Gillette Childrens Specialty Hospital charges insurers about $156, or about $416 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Saint Paul, MN.

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	$100 - $414	18%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$118 - $489	21%
Aetnamajor	$520 - $570	93%
Humanamajor	$416	75%
GEHA	$589	106%
HealthPartners	$95 - $502	17%
Medica	$124 - $513	22%
UCare	$49 - $442	9%

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 416), 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 Gillette Childrens Specialty 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 Gillette Childrens Specialty Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other MN hospitals

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