CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$364

about 1.5× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $251–$731

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$281

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $83 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $364 This hospital $281 Cash price $910 Hospital's list price $1,516

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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 $281

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NC 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 $364 (about 1.5× the $244 Medicare rate). Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center charges insurers about $281, or about $910 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Thomasville, 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	$231 - $1,020	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$210 - $1,041	86%
Aetnamajor	$237 - $1,213	97%
Cignamajor	$238 - $923	98%
Humanamajor	$231 - $1,181	95%
AmeriHealth	$281	115%
CareSource	$606	249%
WellCare	$281	115%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$231 - $1,471

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 910), 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 Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center 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 Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center

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