CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Southern Ocean Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$667

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $588–$780

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$599

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $68 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $667 This hospital $599 Cash price $599 Hospital's list price $4,021

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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 $667 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Southern Ocean Medical Center charges insurers about $599, or about $599 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Manahawkin, 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	$629 - $2,845	113%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$599	107%
Aetnamajor	$653 - $3,620	117%
Cignamajor	$3,217 - $3,845	576%
AmeriHealth	$3,492 - $3,955	626%
Clover Health	$724	130%
WellCare	$599	107%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$111 - $3,676

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 599), 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 Southern Ocean 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 Southern Ocean Medical Center

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