CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Adventist Health Reedley

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$219

about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $153–$301

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$168

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $51 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $219 This hospital $168 Cash price $146 Hospital's list price $769

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $53 Priciest $168

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) is about $219 (about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Reedley charges insurers about $168, or about $146 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Reedley, CA.

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	$32 - $3,227	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$32 - $1,631	13%
Aetnamajor	$170 - $800	70%
Cignamajor	$40 - $1,427	16%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$44 - $1,098	18%
Bright Health	$482	198%
Health Net	$47 - $955	19%
+ 17 smaller / regional plans	$32 - $1,757

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

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 146), 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: 93970.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Adventist Health Reedley is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 93970.
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 Adventist Health Reedley

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