CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Highland District Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$463

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $164–$1,479

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$224

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $239 under the fair price · 0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $463 This hospital $224 Cash price $1,037 Hospital's list price $1,296

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How this hospital compares to other OH hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 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 $463 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Highland District Hospital charges insurers about $224, or about $1,037 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Hillsboro, 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	$415 - $1,192	74%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$224 - $985	40%
Aetnamajor	$423 - $1,052	76%
Cignamajor	$1,166	209%
Humanamajor	$224 - $1,148	40%
Medical Mutual	$1,179	211%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$218 - $1,166

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 1,037), 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 Highland District 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 Highland District Hospital

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