CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: CHI Health Nebraska Heart

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$450

about 1.8× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $288–$818

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$359

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $91 under the fair price · 1.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $450 This hospital $359 Cash price $602 Hospital's list price $1,308

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How this hospital compares to other NE hospitals

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

Cheapest $119 Priciest $359

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

A fair price for a Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) is about $450 (about 1.8× the $244 Medicare rate). CHI Health Nebraska Heart charges insurers about $359, or about $602 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Lincoln, NE.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser 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	$233 - $785	96%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$233	96%
Humanamajor	$233	96%
Ambetter (Centene)	$197 - $317	81%
Amerigroup	$197 - $245	81%
Medica	$233 - $929	96%
Molina	$201	82%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$233 - $1,073

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 602), 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 CHI Health Nebraska Heart 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 CHI Health Nebraska Heart

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