CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$596

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $494–$701

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$646

About the fair price

about $50 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $596 This hospital $646 Cash price $766 Hospital's list price $2,221

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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 $646

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 $596 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). Bergen New Bridge Medical Center charges insurers about $646, or about $766 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Paramus, 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	$646 - $1,311	116%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$857 - $908	154%
Aetnamajor	$239 - $646	43%
Cignamajor	$252 - $1,777	45%
Amerigroup	$646 - $909	116%
AmeriHealth	$544	97%
Clover Health	$646	116%
MagnaCare	$1,777	318%
WellCare	$252 - $909	45%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$646 - $1,888

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 766), 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 Bergen New Bridge 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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