CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Boys Town National Research Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$876

about 1.6× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $292–$1,327

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$878

About the fair price

about $2 over the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $876 This hospital $878 Cash price $2,208 Hospital's list price $2,760

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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 $878

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 $876 (about 1.6× the $558 Medicare rate). Boys Town National Research Hospital charges insurers about $878, or about $2,208 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Boys Town, NE.

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	$878 - $1,932	157%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,208 - $2,677	396%
Aetnamajor	$2,042	366%
Amerigroup	$439	79%
HealthPartners	$2,208	396%
Medica	$1,380 - $2,208	247%
Molina	$878	157%
Paramount	$2,070 - $2,208	371%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$878 - $2,070

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 2,208), 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 Boys Town National Research 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 Boys Town National Research Hospital

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