CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: St Charles Medical Center - Bend

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$491

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $419–$806

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$650

Above the fair price

about $159 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $491 This hospital $650 Cash price $1,867 Hospital's list price $2,334

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other OR hospitals

On the higher side — 7 of 8 other OR hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $144 Priciest $653

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $491 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). St Charles Medical Center - Bend charges insurers about $650, or about $1,867 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Bend, OR.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $491. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

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

6 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	$650 - $2,157	116%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$716 - $1,801	128%
Aetnamajor	$650 - $2,031	116%
Cignamajor	$650 - $1,470	116%
Humanamajor	$650	116%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$507 - $2,021	91%
Devoted Health	$650	116%
Health Net	$650 - $2,194	116%
Moda Health	$902 - $2,007	162%
PacificSource	$419 - $1,277	75%
Providence Health Plan	$734 - $2,042	131%
UniCare	$650	116%
WellCare	$650	116%
+ 69 smaller / regional plans	$363 - $2,287

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, 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 1,867), 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 St Charles Medical Center - Bend 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

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Other Procedures at St Charles Medical Center - Bend

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other OR hospitals

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