CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$269

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $159–$523

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$192

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $77 under the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $269 This hospital $192 Cash price $1,720 Hospital's list price $4,300

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How this hospital compares to other NV hospitals

A typical price — 0 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 NV hospitals compared.

Cheapest $153 Priciest $192

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NV 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 $269 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). Summerlin Hospital Medical Center charges insurers about $192, or about $1,720 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Las Vegas, NV.

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

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana UnitedHealthcareKaiser 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
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$168	69%
Aetnamajor	$1,354 - $1,980	555%
Cignamajor	$335 - $480	137%
Humanamajor	$192	79%
Molina	$173	71%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$168 - $1,380

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,720), 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 Summerlin Hospital 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.

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 Summerlin Hospital Medical Center

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