CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Pender Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$444

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $241–$903

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$354

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $90 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $444 This hospital $354 Cash price $555 Hospital's list price $1,234

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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 $354

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 $444 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Pender Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $354, or about $555 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Burgaw, 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	$901	161%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$207 - $455	37%
Aetnamajor	$342 - $1,049	61%
Cignamajor	$343 - $544	61%
Humanamajor	$317 - $1,061	57%
Ambetter (Centene)	$466	83%
AmeriHealth	$354	63%
CareSource	$494	88%
WellCare	$354	63%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$333 - $1,197

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 555), 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 Pender Memorial Hospital 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 Pender Memorial Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other NC hospitals

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