CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$441

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $290–$778

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$113

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $328 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $441 This hospital $113 Cash price $435 Hospital's list price $680

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other MS hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $100 Priciest $327

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS 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 $441 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County charges insurers about $113, or about $435 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Starkville, MS.

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	$100 - $1,260	18%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$100 - $1,260	18%
Aetnamajor	$100 - $113	18%
Cignamajor	$100 - $1,260	18%
Humanamajor	$100 - $471	18%
Ambetter (Centene)	$100 - $425	18%
HealthLink	$70 - $882	13%
Molina	$100 - $606	18%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$70 - $1,260

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

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 435), 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 Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County 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 Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other MS hospitals

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