CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Shore Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$648

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $597–$845

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$599

About the fair price

about $49 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $648 This hospital $599 Cash price $689 Hospital's list price $4,593

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

A typical price — 0 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 NJ hospitals compared.

Cheapest $223 Priciest $599

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 $648 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Shore Medical Center charges insurers about $599, or about $689 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Somers Point, 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	$599 - $665	107%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$587 - $898	105%
Aetnamajor	$68 - $2,936	12%
Cignamajor	$2,756	494%
AmeriHealth	$599 - $2,756	107%
Clover Health	$599	107%
Fidelis Care	$665	119%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$587 - $2,652

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 689), 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 Shore 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 Shore Medical Center

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