CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Range Regional Health Services

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$180

about 0.7× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $150–$202

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$162

About the fair price

about $18 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $180 This hospital $162 Cash price $524 Hospital's list price $1,234

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

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

Cheapest $92 Priciest $185

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MN 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 $180 (about 0.7× the $244 Medicare rate). Range Regional Health Services charges insurers about $162, or about $524 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hibbing, MN.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$30 - $991	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$25 - $2,250	10%
HealthPartners	$22 - $1,247	9%
Medica	$23 - $1,027	9%
Sanford Health Plan	$30 - $727	12%
Security Health Plan	$30 - $926	12%
UCare	$31 - $458	13%
WellCare	$30 - $233	12%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$22 - $1,111

Excludes 4 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 524), 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 Range Regional Health Services 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 Range Regional Health Services

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

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