CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: West Valley Medical Center

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$286

about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $153–$524

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$141

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $145 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $286 This hospital $141 Cash price $2,079 Hospital's list price $2,079

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How this hospital compares to other ID hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 ID hospitals compared.

Cheapest $54 Priciest $236

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 ID 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 $286 (about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate). West Valley Medical Center charges insurers about $141, or about $2,079 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Caldwell, ID.

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✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$1,241	509%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$26 - $1,975	11%
Cignamajor	$1,164	477%
Humanamajor	$1,746	716%
HealthPartners	$1,351	554%
Moda Health	$1,295	531%
Molina	$26 - $141	11%
PacificSource	$1,241	509%
SelectHealth	$663	272%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$769 - $1,871

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 2,079), 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 West Valley 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 West Valley Medical Center

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