CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Southern Ohio Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$301

about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $194–$569

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$228

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $73 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $301 This hospital $228 Cash price $1,390 Hospital's list price $2,779

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How this hospital compares to other OH hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 OH hospitals compared.

Cheapest $176 Priciest $252

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $301 (about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate). Southern Ohio Medical Center charges insurers about $228, or about $1,390 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Portsmouth, OH.

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	$88 - $2,591	16%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$220 - $2,296	39%
Aetnamajor	$430 - $2,267	77%
Cignamajor	$433 - $2,444	78%
Humanamajor	$220 - $2,502	39%
Ambetter (Centene)	$176	32%
CareSource	$211 - $684	38%
Medical Mutual	$89 - $2,414	16%
Molina	$176 - $1,033	32%
WellCare	$176 - $222	32%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$176 - $2,591

Excludes 3 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 1,390), 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 Ohio 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 Ohio Medical Center

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other OH hospitals

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