CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$657

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $580–$750

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$599

About the fair price

about $58 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $657 This hospital $599 Cash price $745 Hospital's list price $4,406

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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 $657 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset charges insurers about $599, or about $745 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Somerville, NJ.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$420 - $667	75%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$108 - $4,223	19%
Aetnamajor	$599 - $3,831	107%
Cignamajor	$2,200 - $3,239	394%
Humanamajor	$599	107%
AmeriHealth	$3,594 - $3,954	644%
Clover Health	$599	107%
Fidelis Care	$599 - $686	107%
WellCare	$1,192	214%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$1,049 - $3,508

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 745), 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 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset 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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