CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Sky Lakes Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$525

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $380–$706

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$878

Above the fair price

about $353 over the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $525 This hospital $878 Cash price $1,889 Hospital's list price $2,519

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other OR hospitals

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

Cheapest $144 Priciest $878

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 $525 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Sky Lakes Medical Center charges insurers about $878, or about $1,889 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Klamath Falls, 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 $525. 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	$609 - $2,571	109%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$609 - $3,268	109%
Aetnamajor	$609 - $2,571	109%
Cignamajor	$609 - $2,571	109%
Humanamajor	$609 - $2,571	109%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$609 - $2,571	109%
GEHA	$2,466 - $2,571	442%
Health Net	$2,466 - $2,571	442%
HealthPartners	$2,466 - $2,571	442%
Moda Health	$609 - $2,571	109%
MVP Health Care	$2,466 - $2,571	442%
PacificSource	$609 - $2,314	109%
Providence Health Plan	$609 - $2,571	109%
Sanford Health Plan	$2,466 - $2,571	442%
UPMC Health Plan	$2,466 - $2,571	442%
WellCare	$609 - $878	109%
+ 201 smaller / regional plans	$609 - $2,571

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 19 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 1,889), 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 Sky Lakes 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.

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

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Other Procedures at Sky Lakes Medical Center

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