CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Mercy Hospital Springfield

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$491

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $449–$898

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$487

About the fair price

about $4 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $491 This hospital $487 Cash price $2,581 Hospital's list price $3,971

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

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

Cheapest $120 Priciest $487

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MO 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 $491 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Mercy Hospital Springfield charges insurers about $487, or about $2,581 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Springfield, MO.

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	$487 - $3,058	87%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$103 - $3,034	18%
Aetnamajor	$168 - $1,986	30%
Cignamajor	$487 - $3,058	87%
Humanamajor	$168 - $2,700	30%
Ambetter (Centene)	$1,616	289%
HealthLink	$2,263 - $3,177	405%
Medica	$1,569	281%
+ 45 smaller / regional plans	$487 - $3,217

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

Excludes 7 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 2,581), 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 Mercy Hospital Springfield 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 Mercy Hospital Springfield

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other MO hospitals

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