CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Great Plains Health

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$987

about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $710–$2,498

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,397

Above the fair price

about $410 over the fair price · 2.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $987 This hospital $1,397 Cash price $1,037 Hospital's list price $1,820

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other NE hospitals

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

Cheapest $122 Priciest $1,397

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $987 (about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Great Plains Health charges insurers about $1,397, or about $1,037 in cash — above the fair price. Located in North Platte, NE.

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 $987. 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.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$166 - $3,111	30%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$143 - $2,898	26%
Aetnamajor	$171 - $3,111	31%
Ambetter (Centene)	$166 - $2,628	30%
GEHA	$171 - $3,079	31%
Medica	$146 - $3,013	26%
Molina	$76 - $631	14%
Oscar Health	$169 - $3,046	30%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$70 - $3,111

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,037), 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 Great Plains Health 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

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Other Procedures at Great Plains Health

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