CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Columbus Regional Healthcare System

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$496

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $310–$637

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$520

About the fair price

about $24 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $496 This hospital $520 Cash price $1,491 Hospital's list price $2,130

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How this hospital compares to other NC hospitals

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

Cheapest $207 Priciest $520

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $496 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Columbus Regional Healthcare System charges insurers about $520, or about $1,491 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Whiteville, NC.

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	$476 - $1,449	85%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$514 - $1,368	92%
Aetnamajor	$532 - $2,066	95%
Cignamajor	$540 - $2,024	97%
Humanamajor	$530	95%
Ambetter (Centene)	$1,240 - $1,442	222%
AmeriHealth	$476	85%
Devoted Health	$535	96%
Health Net	$1,412 - $1,578	253%
Molina	$547	98%
Oscar Health	$1,385 - $1,555	248%
UniCare	$514	92%
WellCare	$476 - $514	85%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$476 - $2,024

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 1,491), 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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System 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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other NC hospitals

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