CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Cheshire Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$461

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $288–$627

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$263

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $198 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $461 This hospital $263 Cash price $777 Hospital's list price $2,815

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How this hospital compares to other NH hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 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 $461 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Cheshire Medical Center charges insurers about $263, or about $777 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Keene, 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	$71 - $2,294	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$71 - $2,401	13%
Aetnamajor	$68 - $2,067	12%
Cignamajor	$71 - $1,496	13%
Ambetter (Centene)	$71 - $509	13%
AmeriHealth	$171 - $370	31%
Harvard Pilgrim	$341 - $1,374	61%
MVP Health Care	$71 - $1,496	13%
Tufts Health Plan	$189 - $1,929	34%
WellCare	$71 - $573	13%
WellSense	$71 - $613	13%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$71 - $3,022

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 777), 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 Cheshire Medical Center 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 Cheshire Medical Center

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other NH hospitals

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