CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Baylor Scott & White Hospital Brenham

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$610

about 2.5× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $350–$826

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$470

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $140 under the fair price · 1.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $610 This hospital $470 Cash price $1,012 Hospital's list price $1,686

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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 $470

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 $610 (about 2.5× the $244 Medicare rate). Baylor Scott & White Hospital Brenham charges insurers about $470, or about $1,012 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Brenham, 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	$932	382%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$230 - $566	94%
Aetnamajor	$1,087	446%
Cignamajor	$867 - $1,017	356%
Humanamajor	$1,180 - $1,349	484%
Baylor Scott & White	$208 - $722	85%
Cigna HealthSpring	$230	94%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$230 - $1,517

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 7 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 1,012), 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 Baylor Scott & White Hospital Brenham 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 Baylor Scott & White Hospital Brenham

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