CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$207

about 0.8× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $152–$263

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$76

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $131 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $207 This hospital $76 Cash price $383 Hospital's list price $639

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 IA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $60 Priciest $160

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA 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 $207 (about 0.8× the $244 Medicare rate). Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids charges insurers about $76, or about $383 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Cedar Rapids, IA.

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✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$31 - $303	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$60 - $286	25%
Aetnamajor	$66 - $612	27%
Humanamajor	$31 - $942	13%
Amerigroup	$36 - $224	15%
HealthPartners	$50 - $588	21%
Molina	$31 - $1,201	13%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$30 - $878

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 383), 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 Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids 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 Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids

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

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