CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$292

about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $197–$393

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$254

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $38 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $292 This hospital $254 Cash price $5,986 Hospital's list price $6,651

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

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

Cheapest $137 Priciest $254

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA 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 $292 (about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate). St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus charges insurers about $254, or about $5,986 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sellersville, PA.

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	$240 - $16,866	98%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$243 - $2,649	100%
Aetnamajor	$246 - $546	101%
Cignamajor	$195 - $250	80%
Humanamajor	$248	102%
Devoted Health	$248	102%
HealthPartners	$183 - $245	75%
Oscar Health	$4,323	1773%
UPMC Health Plan	$191 - $255	78%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$176 - $5,653

Excludes 6 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 5,986), 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 Hospital - Grand View Campus 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 Hospital - Grand View Campus

Compare: Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) at other PA hospitals

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