CMS Price Transparency Data

Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)

Facility: Preston Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93306 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$405

about 0.7× the $558 Medicare rate · typically $122–$1,633

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $558 Fair price $405 Cash price $1,174 Hospital's list price $2,347

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$1,408 - $2,112	252%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,708 - $2,080	306%
Aetnamajor	$1,408 - $2,112	252%
Cignamajor	$2,159	387%
Humanamajor	$1,408	252%
GEHA	$2,230	399%
UniCare	$103	18%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,479	265%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$1,408 - $2,277

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 1,174), 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 Preston Memorial 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 Preston Memorial Hospital

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