CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$178

about 0.3× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $142–$413

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$148

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $30 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $178 This hospital $148 Cash price $1,072 Hospital's list price $1,532

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How this hospital compares to other VT hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 7 other VT hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

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 $178 (about 0.3× the $558 Medicare rate). Southwestern Vermont Medical Center charges insurers about $148, or about $1,072 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Bennington, 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	$63 - $560	11%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$63 - $560	11%
Aetnamajor	$63 - $560	11%
Cignamajor	$63 - $560	11%
Humanamajor	$63 - $560	11%
CDPHP	$45 - $560	8%
Fidelis Care	$63 - $588	11%
MVP Health Care	$63 - $560	11%
Tufts Health Plan	$360	64%
WellCare	$63 - $560	11%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$63 - $560

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 1,072), 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 Southwestern Vermont 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 Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other VT hospitals

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