CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: McAlester Regional Health Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$759

about 1.4× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $444–$777

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$608

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $151 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $759 This hospital $608 Cash price $813 Hospital's list price $2,032

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How this hospital compares to other OK hospitals

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

Cheapest $166 Priciest $608

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $759 (about 1.4× the $558 Medicare rate). McAlester Regional Health Center charges insurers about $608, or about $813 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in McAlester, OK.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna UnitedHealthcareHumanaKaiser 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
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$559 - $884	100%
Aetnamajor	$559 - $1,808	100%
Cignamajor	$1,890	339%
GEHA	$1,910	342%
Health Net	$1,727	309%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$559 - $1,788

Excludes 2 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 813), 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 McAlester Regional Health 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 McAlester Regional Health Center

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