CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$389

about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $228–$673

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$300

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $89 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $389 This hospital $300 Cash price $845 Hospital's list price $2,763

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How this hospital compares to other NH hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other NH hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $133 Priciest $2,415

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $389 (about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate). Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $300, or about $845 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Lebanon, NH.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$66 - $3,016	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$66 - $3,422	12%
Aetnamajor	$68 - $3,416	12%
Cignamajor	$68 - $2,694	12%
Ambetter (Centene)	$69 - $1,320	12%
AmeriHealth	$21 - $445	4%
Harvard Pilgrim	$82 - $2,519	15%
MVP Health Care	$66 - $2,631	12%
Tufts Health Plan	$213 - $2,291	38%
WellCare	$68 - $638	12%
WellSense	$68 - $644	12%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$21 - $3,731

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 845), 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 Mary Hitchcock 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 Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other NH hospitals

New London Hospital · New London $133
Cheshire Medical Center · Keene $263
Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network · Salem $487
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital · Dover $581
Speare Memorial Hospital · Plymouth $586
Elliot Hospital · Manchester $702
Weeks Medical Center · Lancaster $1,373
Catholic Medical Center · Manchester $2,415

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