CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Columbus Regional Healthcare System

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$223

about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $190–$350

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$229

About the fair price

about $6 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $223 This hospital $229 Cash price $636 Hospital's list price $908

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How this hospital compares to other NC hospitals

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

Cheapest $173 Priciest $229

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NC hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) is about $223 (about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate). Columbus Regional Healthcare System charges insurers about $229, or about $636 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Whiteville, NC.

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	$203 - $617	83%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$227 - $583	93%
Aetnamajor	$235 - $881	96%
Cignamajor	$238 - $863	98%
Humanamajor	$234	96%
Ambetter (Centene)	$528 - $615	217%
AmeriHealth	$203	83%
Devoted Health	$236	97%
Health Net	$602 - $673	247%
Molina	$233	96%
Oscar Health	$590 - $663	242%
UniCare	$227	93%
WellCare	$203 - $227	83%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$203 - $863

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 636), 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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System 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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System

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

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