CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Hackensack University Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$666

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $577–$778

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$642

About the fair price

about $24 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $666 This hospital $642 Cash price $646 Hospital's list price $3,553

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

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

Cheapest $223 Priciest $642

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $666 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Hackensack University Medical Center charges insurers about $642, or about $646 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hackensack, NJ.

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	$517 - $5,399	93%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$646	116%
Aetnamajor	$638 - $1,963	114%
Cignamajor	$2,467 - $3,890	442%
AmeriHealth	$3,084 - $4,021	552%
Clover Health	$555 - $724	99%
WellCare	$646	116%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$114 - $5,320

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 646), 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 Hackensack University 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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