CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: St Lucie Medical Center

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$530

about 2.2× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $276–$863

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$591

About the fair price

about $61 over the fair price · 2.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $530 This hospital $591 Cash price $8,831 Hospital's list price $8,831

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

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

Cheapest $107 Priciest $591

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 $530 (about 2.2× the $244 Medicare rate). St Lucie Medical Center charges insurers about $591, or about $8,831 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Port Saint Lucie, 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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldKaiser 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	$3,974	1630%
Aetnamajor	$2,649	1087%
Cignamajor	$2,323 - $3,100	953%
Humanamajor	$3,267 - $3,532	1340%
AvMed	$1,148 - $4,416	471%
Molina	$1,678 - $2,384	688%
Oscar Health	$1,678	688%
Simply Healthcare	$1,148 - $2,075	471%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$759 - $4,416

Excludes 6 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 8,831), 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 St Lucie Medical Center 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 St Lucie Medical Center

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

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