CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$943

about 1.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $246–$1,259

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,080

About the fair price

about $137 over the fair price · 1.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $943 This hospital $1,080 Cash price $2,323 Hospital's list price $5,809

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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 $1,080

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 $943 (about 1.7× the $558 Medicare rate). Mary Bridge Children's Hospital charges insurers about $1,080, or about $2,323 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Tacoma, 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	$354 - $4,873	63%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$354 - $2,991	63%
Aetnamajor	$627 - $3,751	112%
Cignamajor	$4,203 - $5,389	753%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$4,115	737%
Ambetter (Centene)	$1,164	209%
Molina	$328 - $1,127	59%
PacificSource	$2,177 - $2,194	390%
WellCare	$639	114%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$354 - $4,989

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 2,323), 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 Mary Bridge 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 Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Compare: Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) at other WA hospitals

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