CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$239

about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $186–$388

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$186

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $53 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $239 This hospital $186 Cash price $1,550 Hospital's list price $2,215

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How this hospital compares to other VT hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 8 VT hospitals compared.

Cheapest $100 Priciest $264

Black dot = this hospital, among the 8 VT 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 $239 (about 0.4× the $558 Medicare rate). Brattleboro Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $186, or about $1,550 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Brattleboro, VT.

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	$526 - $3,918	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$65 - $3,712	12%
Aetnamajor	$247 - $4,000	44%
Cignamajor	$65 - $3,918	12%
Humanamajor	$526	94%
AmeriHealth	$57 - $424	10%
Harvard Pilgrim	$65 - $3,588	12%
MVP Health Care	$65 - $3,712	12%
Tufts Health Plan	$164 - $3,772	29%
WellCare	$68 - $552	12%
WellSense	$57 - $563	10%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$57 - $4,000

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 1,550), 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 Brattleboro 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 Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other VT hospitals

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