CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Seattle Children's Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$676

about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $164–$1,216

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$147

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $529 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $676 This hospital $147 Hospital's list price $279

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How this hospital compares to other WA hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 WA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $95 Priciest $563

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 $676 (about 1.2× the $558 Medicare rate). Seattle Children's Hospital charges insurers about $147 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Seattle, WA.

What each insurance company pays

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

6 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	$43 - $2,960	8%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$41 - $2,792	7%
Aetnamajor	$172 - $3,230	31%
Cignamajor	$140 - $2,859	25%
Humanamajor	$201 - $3,196	36%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$41 - $2,523	7%
Medical Mutual	$201 - $3,196	36%
Moda Health	$172 - $3,196	31%
Molina	$41 - $2,523	7%
PacificSource	$3,230	579%
Providence Health Plan	$140 - $2,859	25%
SelectHealth	$201 - $3,196	36%
Tufts Health Plan	$140 - $2,859	25%
+ 61 smaller / regional plans	$39 - $3,230

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 3 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, 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 Seattle Children's 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 Seattle Children's Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other WA hospitals

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