CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Riceland Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$515

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $151–$1,232

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$139

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $376 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $515 This hospital $139 Cash price $1,267 Hospital's list price $1,305

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

On the higher side — 7 of 8 other TX hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $105 Priciest $150

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX 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 $515 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Riceland Medical Center charges insurers about $139, or about $1,267 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Winnie, TX.

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	$425	76%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$104 - $139	19%
Aetnamajor	$783 - $1,070	140%
Cignamajor	$739	132%
Humanamajor	$783	140%

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 1,267), 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 Riceland 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 Riceland Medical Center

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other TX hospitals

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