CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$586

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $413–$844

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$842

Above the fair price

about $256 over the fair price · 1.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $586 This hospital $842 Cash price $1,056 Hospital's list price $2,455

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

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

Cheapest $100 Priciest $842

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $586 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed charges insurers about $842, or about $1,056 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Eupora, MS.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $586. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

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	$1,482	265%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,642	294%
Aetnamajor	$495	89%
Cignamajor	$842 - $1,588	151%
Ambetter (Centene)	$704	126%
Molina	$776	139%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$485 - $898

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 1,056), 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 Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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