CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Nkc Health

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$272

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $129–$398

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$246

About the fair price

about $26 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $272 This hospital $246 Cash price $1,235 Hospital's list price $4,257

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

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

Cheapest $64 Priciest $246

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MO 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 $272 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). Nkc Health charges insurers about $246, or about $1,235 in cash — about the fair price. Located in North Kansas City, MO.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$239 - $645	98%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$233 - $3,265	96%
Aetnamajor	$494 - $3,482	203%
Cignamajor	$2,001	821%
Humanamajor	$245	101%
Ambetter (Centene)	$212	87%
Oscar Health	$1,580	648%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$246 - $2,554

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 1,235), 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 Nkc Health 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 Nkc Health

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