CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Bmh-Golden Triangle

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$899

about 1.6× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $728–$909

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$903

About the fair price

about $4 over the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $899 This hospital $903 Cash price $831 Hospital's list price $3,324

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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 $903

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 $899 (about 1.6× the $558 Medicare rate). Bmh-Golden Triangle charges insurers about $903, or about $831 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Columbus, 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	$443 - $903	79%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$517 - $2,214	93%
Aetnamajor	$527 - $2,081	94%
Cignamajor	$1,828	327%
Humanamajor	$502 - $2,194	90%
Devoted Health	$512	92%
Health Net	$1,003	180%
Molina	$512 - $1,662	92%
+ 60 smaller / regional plans	$502 - $2,992

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 831), 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 Bmh-Golden Triangle 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 Bmh-Golden Triangle

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other MS hospitals

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