CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Santiam Hospital & Clinics

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$604

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $526–$659

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$614

About the fair price

about $10 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $604 This hospital $614 Cash price $1,238 Hospital's list price $1,238

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How this hospital compares to other OR hospitals

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

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 $604 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). Santiam Hospital & Clinics charges insurers about $614, or about $1,238 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Stayton, OR.

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	$186 - $1,894	33%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$187 - $1,902	33%
Aetnamajor	$172 - $1,750	31%
Cignamajor	$187 - $1,901	33%
Humanamajor	$614	110%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$71 - $1,868	13%
Devoted Health	$650	116%
Health Net	$211 - $2,142	38%
Moda Health	$189 - $1,917	34%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$71 - $2,142

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,238), 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 Santiam Hospital & Clinics 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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