CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Veterans Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$160

about 0.7× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $53–$702

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $160 Cash price $531 Hospital's list price $932

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$401 - $792	164%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$181	74%
Aetnamajor	$30 - $623	12%
Humanamajor	$30 - $699	12%
Amerigroup	$30 - $932	12%
Medica	$401 - $526	164%
Molina	$30 - $932	12%
Quartz	$30 - $699	12%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$30 - $932

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 531), 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 Veterans 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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