CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Queens Hospital Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$551

about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $329–$678

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$291

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $260 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $551 This hospital $291 Cash price $638 Hospital's list price $1,490

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How this hospital compares to other NY hospitals

Highest price of the 9 NY hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $107 Priciest $291

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $551 (about 1.0× the $558 Medicare rate). Queens Hospital Center charges insurers about $291, or about $638 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Jamaica, NY.

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	$313 - $456	56%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$219 - $1,945	39%
Aetnamajor	$54 - $332	10%
Cignamajor	$1,824	327%
Fidelis Care	$104 - $932	19%
MagnaCare	$1,824	327%
Oscar Health	$108 - $973	19%
WellCare	$78 - $237	14%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$58 - $2,067

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 638), 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 Queens Hospital 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 Queens Hospital Center

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