CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Memorial Medical Center

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$194

about 0.8× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $110–$317

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$175

About the fair price

about $19 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $194 This hospital $175 Cash price $519 Hospital's list price $741

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $61 Priciest $175

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) is about $194 (about 0.8× the $244 Medicare rate). Memorial Medical Center charges insurers about $175, or about $519 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Port Lavaca, TX.

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	$32 - $1,046	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$131 - $337	54%
Aetnamajor	$39 - $1,046	16%
Cignamajor	$47 - $980	19%
Humanamajor	$140 - $1,046	57%
Ambetter (Centene)	$56 - $439	23%
Amerigroup	$32 - $627	13%
Health Net	$47 - $1,046	19%
Healthcare Highways	$114 - $1,046	47%
Molina	$175 - $627	72%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$32 - $1,111

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 9 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 519), 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 Memorial 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 Memorial Medical Center

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

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