CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$144

about 0.6× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $122–$362

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$123

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $21 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $144 This hospital $123 Cash price $881 Hospital's list price $2,203

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 FL hospitals compared.

Cheapest $107 Priciest $151

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 $144 (about 0.6× the $244 Medicare rate). Sarasota Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $123, or about $881 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sarasota, FL.

What each insurance company pays

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

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$34 - $1,654	14%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$31 - $249	13%
Aetnamajor	$35 - $1,762	14%
Cignamajor	$49 - $218	20%
Ambetter (Centene)	$87 - $673	36%
AmeriHealth	$27 - $128	11%
AvMed	$1,608	660%
Molina	$26 - $126	11%
Oscar Health	$56 - $248	23%
Simply Healthcare	$26 - $123	11%
WellCare	$35 - $262	14%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$26 - $1,069

Excludes 2 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 881), 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 Sarasota Memorial Hospital 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 Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Compare: Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) at other FL hospitals

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