CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: St Francis Community Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,262

about 2.3× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $832–$1,437

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,363

About the fair price

about $101 over the fair price · 2.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $1,262 This hospital $1,363 Cash price $1,745 Hospital's list price $5,560

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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 $1,363

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 $1,262 (about 2.3× the $558 Medicare rate). St Francis Community Hospital charges insurers about $1,363, or about $1,745 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Federal Way, 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✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente Cigna

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	$616 - $2,064	110%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$629 - $1,846	113%
Aetnamajor	$629 - $4,003	113%
Humanamajor	$653	117%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$610 - $1,506	109%
Amerigroup	$665	119%
Molina	$659 - $1,172	118%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$610 - $2,035

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 1,745), 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 St Francis Community 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 St Francis Community Hospital

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