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Procedure price report · Diagnostic ultrasound (echocardiogram) or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of heart

Limited echocardiogram for a congenital heart defect

CPT 93304the billing code this page is about

A follow-up or limited ultrasound of the heart through the chest wall, done to look at a heart defect present since birth.

Hospitals typically charge $854 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,748 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $893. Most fall between $422 and $1,555 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,748
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,748 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$239$504$854$1,409$2,219

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($239 vs $2,219).

How the prices are spread

$138 – $188: 45 hospitals$138$188 – $255: 52 hospitals$255 – $346: 89 hospitals$255$346 – $470: 133 hospitals$470 – $638: 225 hospitals$470$638 – $866: 264 hospitals$866 – $1,176: 251 hospitals$866$1,176 – $1,596: 263 hospitals$1,596 – $2,167: 157 hospitals$1,596$2,167 – $2,941: 99 hospitals$2,167median $854price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,578 of 1,748 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$138$18845
$188$25552
$255$34689
$346$470133
$470$638225
$638$866264
$866$1,176251
$1,176$1,596263
$1,596$2,167157
$2,167$2,94199

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$558
Median cash price$854
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.53×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $854.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $734 across 42 hospitalsWA$734Idaho: median $1,320 across 16 hospitalsID$1,320Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $600 across 51 hospitalsMN$600Illinois: median $823 across 72 hospitalsIL$823Wisconsin: median $875 across 65 hospitalsWI$875Michigan: median $652 across 59 hospitalsMI$652New York: median $682 across 64 hospitalsNY$682Massachusetts: median $1,443 across 18 hospitalsMA$1,443Oregon: median $436 across 30 hospitalsOR$436Nevada: median $594 across 13 hospitalsNV$594Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,302 across 14 hospitalsSD$1,302Iowa: median $677 across 22 hospitalsIA$677Indiana: median $699 across 51 hospitalsIN$699Ohio: median $1,342 across 77 hospitalsOH$1,342Pennsylvania: median $918 across 68 hospitalsPA$918New Jersey: median $633 across 41 hospitalsNJ$633Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,175 across 154 hospitalsCA$1,175Utah: median $931 across 28 hospitalsUT$931Colorado: median $772 across 44 hospitalsCO$772Nebraska: median $798 across 18 hospitalsNE$798Missouri: median $808 across 35 hospitalsMO$808Kentucky: median $2,202 across 23 hospitalsKY$2,202West Virginia: median $639 across 13 hospitalsWV$639Virginia: median $888 across 47 hospitalsVA$888Maryland: median $119 across 23 hospitalsMD$119Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $448 across 34 hospitalsAZ$448New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $777 across 21 hospitalsKS$777Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $467 across 33 hospitalsTN$467North Carolina: median $659 across 44 hospitalsNC$659South Carolina: median $1,266 across 38 hospitalsSC$1,266Oklahoma: median $478 across 30 hospitalsOK$478Louisiana: median $257 across 30 hospitalsLA$257Mississippi: median $429 across 23 hospitalsMS$429Alabama: median $560 across 15 hospitalsAL$560Georgia: median $1,173 across 62 hospitalsGA$1,173Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,414 across 144 hospitalsTX$1,414Florida: median $1,422 across 99 hospitalsFL$1,422
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $854. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY23$2,202+158%$535 – $2,352
Massachusetts MA18$1,443+69%$790 – $2,007
Florida FL99$1,422+67%$514 – $3,083
Texas TX144$1,414+66%$748 – $2,071
Ohio OH77$1,342+57%$532 – $1,776
Idaho ID16$1,320+55%$931 – $2,729
South Dakota SD14$1,302+53%$1,302 – $1,609
South Carolina SC38$1,266+48%$463 – $1,343
California CA154$1,175+38%$607 – $2,318
Georgia GA62$1,173+37%$575 – $1,750
Utah UT28$931+9%$931 – $1,096
Pennsylvania PA68$918+8%$593 – $1,738
Virginia VA47$888+4%$519 – $926
Wisconsin WI65$875+2%$546 – $1,484
Illinois IL72$823−4%$416 – $1,958
Missouri MO35$808−5%$375 – $1,237
Nebraska NE18$798−7%$533 – $1,381
Kansas KS21$777−9%$478 – $1,909
Colorado CO44$772−10%$450 – $1,731
Washington WA42$734−14%$462 – $1,123
Indiana IN51$699−18%$486 – $1,101
New York NY64$682−20%$500 – $1,823
Iowa IA22$677−21%$108 – $1,152
North Carolina NC44$659−23%$419 – $909
Michigan MI59$652−24%$278 – $934
West Virginia WV13$639−25%$517 – $2,075
New Jersey NJ41$633−26%$208 – $732
Minnesota MN51$600−30%$370 – $969
Nevada NV13$594−30%$298 – $2,909
Alabama AL15$560−34%$202 – $680
Oklahoma OK30$478−44%$315 – $796
Tennessee TN33$467−45%$210 – $683
Arizona AZ34$448−48%$222 – $2,035
Oregon OR30$436−49%$130 – $1,031
Mississippi MS23$429−50%$140 – $531
Louisiana LA30$257−70%$149 – $720
Maryland MD23$119−86%$58 – $219
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $854.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,469$867$436 – $1,615
Children’s54$1,058$572 – $1,868
Critical access221$721$278 – $1,252
Ownership
For-profit200$1,332$558 – $2,989
Government236$687$416 – $1,164
Non-profit1,308$854$416 – $1,471
System affiliation
Part of a system1,508$874$429 – $1,615
Independent240$673$387 – $1,380

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,530
Median cash price$854
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,322 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $923 and the average of the middle 60% is $947; most fall between $461 and $1,530.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,322 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$281$533$923$1,414$2,049

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($281 vs $2,049).

Of the 1,414 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,322 gave a usable cash price; 48 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 44 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,748 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,873 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,748
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here69
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded56
Hospitals that filed this code1,873

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic ultrasound (echocardiogram) or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of heart family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as F-Up/Limited Tthrc Echo Congenital Car Anomaly|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Limited echocardiogram for a congenital heart defect (CPT 93304) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93304-limited-echocardiogram-for-a-congenital-heart-defect