CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Cannon Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$193

about 0.3× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $154–$339

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$160

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $33 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $193 This hospital $160 Cash price $231 Hospital's list price $462

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How this hospital compares to other SC hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other SC hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $112 Priciest $544

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $193 (about 0.3× the $558 Medicare rate). Cannon Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $160, or about $231 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Pickens, SC.

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	$62 - $3,000	11%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$54 - $2,850	10%
Aetnamajor	$62 - $2,160	11%
Cignamajor	$64 - $3,000	11%
Humanamajor	$48 - $2,160	9%
Ambetter (Centene)	$89 - $249	16%
Bright Health	$74 - $255	13%
Devoted Health	$64 - $178	11%
GEHA	$100 - $1,599	18%
Molina	$64 - $253	11%
SelectHealth	$48 - $821	9%
+ 34 smaller / regional plans	$47 - $3,000

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

Excludes 4 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 231), 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 Cannon Memorial 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 Cannon Memorial Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other SC hospitals

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