CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$364

about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $126–$771

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$147

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $217 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $364 This hospital $147 Cash price $8,341 Hospital's list price $8,341

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

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

Cheapest $98 Priciest $167

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 $364 (about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate). Children's Hospital of Philadelphia charges insurers about $147, or about $8,341 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Philadelphia, PA.

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	$430 - $1,744	77%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$147 - $5,252	26%
Aetnamajor	$1,626 - $5,252	291%
Cignamajor	$3,089 - $5,252	553%
Geisinger	$132 - $1,562	24%
HealthPartners	$1,165 - $1,980	209%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,687 - $2,867	302%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$1,516 - $9,453

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 2 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 8,341), 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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 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

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Other Procedures at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other PA hospitals

Surgical Institute of Reading · Wyomissing $98
Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $122
Pottstown Hospital · Pottstown $137
UPMC Altoona · Altoona $151
UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $155
UPMC Muncy · Muncy $158
Saint Vincent Hospital · Erie $167
Allegheny Valley Hospital · Natrona $167

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