CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: St Luke's Warren Hospital

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$276

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $266–$408

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$277

About the fair price

about $1 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $276 This hospital $277 Cash price $11,948 Hospital's list price $13,276

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

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

Cheapest $215 Priciest $277

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NJ 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 $276 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). St Luke's Warren Hospital charges insurers about $277, or about $11,948 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Phillipsburg, NJ.

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	$266 - $3,585	109%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$266 - $5,040	109%
Aetnamajor	$272 - $4,633	112%
Cignamajor	$3,607	1480%
Humanamajor	$277	114%
AmeriHealth	$176	72%
Geisinger	$173 - $3,733	71%
Oscar Health	$3,452	1416%
UPMC Health Plan	$176 - $3,639	72%

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 11,948), 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 St Luke's Warren 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.

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Other Procedures at St Luke's Warren Hospital

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