CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$501

about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $255–$1,150

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$503

About the fair price

about $2 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $501 This hospital $503 Cash price $1,846 Hospital's list price $3,076

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $105 Priciest $503

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 $501 (about 0.9× the $558 Medicare rate). Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale charges insurers about $503, or about $1,846 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Sunnyvale, TX.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield UnitedHealthcareAetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$503	90%

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 1,846), 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 Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale 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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