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

Contrast agent used during a stress heart ultrasound, add-on

CPT 93352the billing code this page is about

An add-on charge for the ultrasound contrast agent given to improve image quality during a stress echocardiogram; billed in addition to the stress echo.

Hospitals typically charge $111 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 653 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $134. Most fall between $55 and $277 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
653
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 653 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
$38$60$111$262$471

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($38 vs $471).

How the prices are spread

$29 – $39: 35 hospitals$29$39 – $52: 53 hospitals$52 – $70: 75 hospitals$52$70 – $94: 83 hospitals$94 – $126: 87 hospitals$94$126 – $170: 54 hospitals$170 – $228: 54 hospitals$170$228 – $305: 63 hospitals$305 – $409: 29 hospitals$305$409 – $549: 56 hospitals$409median $111price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (589 of 653 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$29$3935
$39$5253
$52$7075
$70$9483
$94$12687
$126$17054
$170$22854
$228$30563
$305$40929
$409$54956

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $111.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $102 across 17 hospitalsWA$102Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $213 across 11 hospitalsMT$213North Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $173 across 23 hospitalsMN$173Illinois: median $100 across 21 hospitalsIL$100Wisconsin: median $255 across 47 hospitalsWI$255Michigan: median $63 across 47 hospitalsMI$63New York: median $81 across 27 hospitalsNY$81Massachusetts: median $138 across 11 hospitalsMA$138Oregon: median $74 across 15 hospitalsOR$74Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $73 across 26 hospitalsIA$73Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $156 across 23 hospitalsOH$156Pennsylvania: median $83 across 25 hospitalsPA$83New Jersey: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNJConnecticut: 9 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 $111 across 37 hospitalsCA$111Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $108 across 16 hospitalsNE$108Missouri: median $73 across 16 hospitalsMO$73Kentucky: median $87 across 11 hospitalsKY$87West Virginia: median $34 across 14 hospitalsWV$34Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $72 across 15 hospitalsNC$72South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $57 across 11 hospitalsOK$57Louisiana: median $36 across 14 hospitalsLA$36Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $262 across 31 hospitalsGA$262Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $277 across 45 hospitalsTX$277Florida: median $328 across 14 hospitalsFL$328
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $111. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL14$328+195%$55 – $913
Texas TX45$277+149%$277 – $471
Georgia GA31$262+135%$188 – $355
Wisconsin WI47$255+129%$167 – $541
Montana MT11$213+91%$89 – $299
Minnesota MN23$173+55%$90 – $216
Ohio OH23$156+40%$74 – $463
Massachusetts MA11$138+24%$100 – $485
California CA37$1110%$98 – $111
Nebraska NE16$108−3%$79 – $331
Washington WA17$102−8%$72 – $119
Illinois IL21$100−10%$55 – $219
Kentucky KY11$87−22%$53 – $107
Pennsylvania PA25$83−26%$22 – $567
New York NY27$81−27%$38 – $199
Oregon OR15$74−33%$59 – $152
Iowa IA26$73−35%$62 – $132
Missouri MO16$73−35%$48 – $125
North Carolina NC15$72−35%$52 – $175
Michigan MI47$63−43%$54 – $216
Oklahoma OK11$57−48%$57 – $57
Louisiana LA14$36−68%$18 – $159
West Virginia WV14$34−69%$33 – $59
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $111.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care462$107$52 – $277
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access181$126$62 – $295
Ownership
For-profit55$188$44 – $338
Government98$117$64 – $388
Non-profit498$111$53 – $277
System affiliation
Part of a system545$111$55 – $291
Independent108$100$53 – $222

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$193
Median cash price$111
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

456 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $132 and the average of the middle 60% is $176; most fall between $63 and $411.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 456 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
$48$73$132$328$541

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($48 vs $541).

Of the 490 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 456 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 5 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

653 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 721 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted653
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded4
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded40
Hospitals that filed this code721

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Use of Echo Contrast Agent During Stress Echo.

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, “Contrast agent used during a stress heart ultrasound, add-on (CPT 93352) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93352-contrast-agent-used-during-a-stress-heart-ultrasound-add-on