CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$173

about 0.7× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $151–$193

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$177

About the fair price

about $4 over the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $173 This hospital $177 Cash price $1,338 Hospital's list price $1,911

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How this hospital compares to other VT hospitals

One of the lower prices — 3 of 5 other VT hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $75 Priciest $956

Black dot = this hospital, among the 6 VT 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 $173 (about 0.7× the $244 Medicare rate). Brattleboro Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $177, or about $1,338 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Brattleboro, VT.

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	$232 - $1,815	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$30 - $1,720	12%
Aetnamajor	$1,854	761%
Cignamajor	$30 - $1,815	12%
Humanamajor	$232	95%
AmeriHealth	$27 - $187	11%
Harvard Pilgrim	$30 - $1,662	12%
MVP Health Care	$30 - $1,720	12%
Tufts Health Plan	$77 - $1,748	32%
WellCare	$32 - $243	13%
WellSense	$27 - $248	11%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$27 - $1,854

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 1,338), 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 Brattleboro Memorial Hospital 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 Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

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

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