CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex)

Facility: Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Billing Code: 93970 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$427
about 1.8× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $154–$543
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
What this hospital charges insurers
$429
About the fair price
about $2 over the fair price · 1.8× Medicare
Medicare pays $244 Fair price $427 This hospital $429 Cash price $850 Hospital's list price $2,126

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How this hospital compares to other WA hospitals

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

Cheapest $57 Priciest $429

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

A fair price for a Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) is about $427 (about 1.8× the $244 Medicare rate). Mary Bridge Children's Hospital charges insurers about $429, or about $850 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Tacoma, WA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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 $128 - $2,164 53%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor $128 - $1,328 53%
Aetnamajor $277 - $1,654 114%
Cignamajor $1,731 - $2,219 710%
Kaiser Permanentemajor $2,067 848%
Ambetter (Centene) $421 173%
Molina $119 - $497 49%
PacificSource $896 - $904 368%
WellCare $282 116%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans $128 - $2,055
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

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Facility Profile & Credentials

  • Address: 317 Martin Luther King Jr W Box 5299, Tacoma, WA 98415
  • CMS Rating: No CMS Rating
  • Ownership Type: Voluntary non-profit - Other
  • Hospital Type: Childrens