CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Dunes Surgical Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$783

about 1.4× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $447–$844

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$670

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $113 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $783 This hospital $670 Cash price $844 Hospital's list price $1,801

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How this hospital compares to other SD hospitals

On the higher side — 6 of 8 other SD hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $140 Priciest $1,700

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $783 (about 1.4× the $558 Medicare rate). Dunes Surgical Hospital charges insurers about $670, or about $844 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Dakota Dunes, SD.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna AetnaHumanaKaiser 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	$563 - $1,441	101%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$513 - $574	92%
Cignamajor	$1,261	226%
Amerigroup	$582	104%
HealthPartners	$1,747	313%
Molina	$580	104%
Oscar Health	$670	120%
Sanford Health Plan	$1,531	274%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$563 - $1,531

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 844), 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 Dunes Surgical 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 Dunes Surgical Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other SD hospitals

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