CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Essentia Health Virginia

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$230

about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $193–$274

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$237

About the fair price

about $7 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $230 This hospital $237 Cash price $821 Hospital's list price $1,308

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

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

Cheapest $92 Priciest $237

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 $230 (about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate). Essentia Health Virginia charges insurers about $237, or about $821 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Virginia, MN.

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✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$237 - $1,151	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$237 - $1,112	97%
Aetnamajor	$1,112	456%
Cignamajor	$1,179 - $1,182	484%
HealthPartners	$237 - $1,182	97%
Medica	$237 - $954	97%
Sanford Health Plan	$428 - $591	176%
Security Health Plan	$237 - $1,007	97%
UCare	$237 - $861	97%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$236 - $1,007

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 2 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 821), 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 Essentia Health Virginia 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 Essentia Health Virginia

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