CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$605

about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $294–$703

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$581

About the fair price

about $24 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $605 This hospital $581 Cash price $3,524 Hospital's list price $3,916

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

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

Cheapest $98 Priciest $581

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $605 (about 1.1× the $558 Medicare rate). St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus charges insurers about $581, or about $3,524 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Sellersville, PA.

What each insurance company pays

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

5 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	$546 - $16,217	98%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$551 - $3,795	99%
Aetnamajor	$559 - $1,238	100%
Cignamajor	$567 - $756	102%
Humanamajor	$562	101%
Devoted Health	$562	101%
HealthPartners	$176 - $556	32%
Oscar Health	$2,545	456%
UPMC Health Plan	$183 - $578	33%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$169 - $3,329

Excludes 6 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 3,524), 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 Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus 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 St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus

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