CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Essentia Health Fosston

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$239

about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $174–$247

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What this hospital charges insurers

$239

About the fair price

1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $239 This hospital $239 Cash price $967 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 $239

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 $239 (about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate). Essentia Health Fosston charges insurers about $239, or about $967 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fosston, 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	$654 - $1,184	268%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$654 - $1,140	268%
Aetnamajor	$1,112	456%
Cignamajor	$870	357%
HealthPartners	$509 - $870	209%
Medica	$521 - $1,179	214%
Sanford Health Plan	$561 - $591	230%
Security Health Plan	$654	268%
UCare	$654 - $861	268%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$236 - $1,140

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 967), 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 Fosston 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 Fosston

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

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