CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Bay Area Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$467

about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $324–$707

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$410

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $57 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $467 This hospital $410 Cash price $1,047 Hospital's list price $1,396

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How this hospital compares to other OR hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other OR hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

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 $467 (about 0.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Bay Area Hospital charges insurers about $410, or about $1,047 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Coos Bay, OR.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$2,389	428%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$86 - $9,005	15%
Aetnamajor	$2,314	415%
Cignamajor	$2,314	415%
Health Net	$74 - $2,389	13%
Moda Health	$74 - $2,238	13%
PacificSource	$469 - $2,138	84%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$81 - $2,511

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 1,047), 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 Bay Area 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 Bay Area Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other OR hospitals

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