CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$520

about 2.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $268–$917

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $520 Cash price $4,282 Hospital's list price $4,282

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$1,100 - $2,826	451%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,897	778%
Aetnamajor	$2,711	1112%
Cignamajor	$1,559 - $1,953	640%
AmeriHealth	$176	72%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,396 - $1,838	573%
MVP Health Care	$2,997	1229%
Tufts Health Plan	$1,610 - $2,449	660%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$350 - $4,068

Excludes 3 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 4,282), 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 Portsmouth Regional Hospital 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Portsmouth Regional Hospital

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