CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: UPMC St Margaret

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$255

about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $171–$311

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$249

About the fair price

about $6 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $255 This hospital $249 Cash price $986 Hospital's list price $1,643

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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 $249

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 $255 (about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate). UPMC St Margaret charges insurers about $249, or about $986 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Pittsburgh, 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	$161	66%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$159 - $1,116	65%
Aetnamajor	$242 - $657	99%
Cignamajor	$460 - $657	189%
Humanamajor	$1,397	573%
AmeriHealth	$229	94%
UPMC Health Plan	$161 - $588	66%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$249 - $1,314

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 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 UPMC St Margaret 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 UPMC St Margaret

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