CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$981

about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $733–$1,288

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$975

About the fair price

about $6 under the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $981 This hospital $975 Cash price $1,538 Hospital's list price $3,844

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How this hospital compares to other WA hospitals

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

Cheapest $95 Priciest $975

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

A fair price for a Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) is about $981 (about 1.8× the $558 Medicare rate). Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital charges insurers about $975, or about $1,538 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Puyallup, WA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$356 - $2,825	64%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$356 - $2,533	64%
Aetnamajor	$616 - $2,558	110%
Cignamajor	$2,939	526%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$2,266	406%
Ambetter (Centene)	$1,196	214%
Molina	$329 - $1,106	59%
PacificSource	$1,196 - $1,726	214%
WellCare	$628	112%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$356 - $3,063

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (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 1,538), 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 Multicare Good Samaritan 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 Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other WA hospitals

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