CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Erlanger Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$295

about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $259–$519

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$262

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $33 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $295 This hospital $262 Cash price $200 Hospital's list price $378

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How this hospital compares to other TN hospitals

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

Cheapest $187 Priciest $412

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $295 (about 0.5× the $558 Medicare rate). Erlanger Medical Center charges insurers about $262, or about $200 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Chattanooga, TN.

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	$49 - $622	9%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$223 - $3,261	40%
Aetnamajor	$85 - $1,997	15%
Cignamajor	$63 - $2,046	11%
Humanamajor	$77 - $2,446	14%
Ambetter (Centene)	$328 - $629	59%
Amerigroup	$56 - $852	10%
CareSource	$61 - $1,006	11%
Clover Health	$262 - $503	47%
Devoted Health	$70 - $523	13%
UPMC Health Plan	$262 - $503	47%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$74 - $3,057

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 200), 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 Erlanger Medical Center 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 Erlanger Medical Center

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other TN hospitals

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