CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Arnot Ogden Medical Center

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$243

about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $216–$325

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$244

About the fair price

about $1 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $243 This hospital $244 Cash price $828 Hospital's list price $1,404

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How this hospital compares to other NY hospitals

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

Cheapest $109 Priciest $244

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NY 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 $243 (about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate). Arnot Ogden Medical Center charges insurers about $244, or about $828 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Elmira, NY.

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	$945 - $1,035	388%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$244 - $4,154	100%
Aetnamajor	$244 - $1,078	100%
Cignamajor	$853	350%
Humanamajor	$279 - $1,294	114%
AmeriHealth	$114 - $282	47%
Fidelis Care	$109 - $753	45%
Geisinger	$249 - $837	102%
Independent Health	$890	365%
MVP Health Care	$853	350%
UPMC Health Plan	$945	388%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$26 - $4,125

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 828), 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 Arnot Ogden 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 Arnot Ogden Medical Center

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