CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: University of Colorado Hospital Authority

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$395

about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $149–$608

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$276

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $119 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $395 This hospital $276 Cash price $1,318 Hospital's list price $3,766

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

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

Cheapest $54 Priciest $276

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) is about $395 (about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate). University of Colorado Hospital Authority charges insurers about $276, or about $1,318 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Aurora, CO.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 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	$236 - $867	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$173 - $2,215	71%
Aetnamajor	$243 - $1,857	100%
Cignamajor	$243 - $1,956	100%
Humanamajor	$243	100%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$243 - $2,211	100%
Devoted Health	$243	100%
SelectHealth	$243 - $486	100%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$243 - $1,996

Excludes 4 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 1,318), 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 University of Colorado Hospital Authority 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 University of Colorado Hospital Authority

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