CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Artesia General Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$581

about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $555–$590

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$547

About the fair price

about $34 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $581 This hospital $547 Cash price $1,202 Hospital's list price $2,004

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How this hospital compares to other NM hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other NM hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $523 Priciest $615

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $581 (about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate). Artesia General Hospital charges insurers about $547, or about $1,202 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Artesia, NM.

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✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$515 - $3,164	92%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$364 - $2,041	65%
Cignamajor	$515 - $3,062	92%
Humanamajor	$531 - $584	95%
GEHA	$424 - $2,722	76%
Molina	$531 - $893	95%
Presbyterian	$531 - $631	95%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$424 - $3,232

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (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 1,202), 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 Artesia General Hospital 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 Artesia General Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other NM hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.