Scans and imaging CPT 93970 Outpatient

Leg vein ultrasound (both legs) cost in Bozeman, MT

In Bozeman, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for duplex ultrasound of the leg veins, both legs: from $1,200.00 to $1,440.00, with a median of $1,320.00. The lowest listed price is at Deaconess Regional Medical Center — $120.00 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $905.82 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 93970, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 19, 2024 and Nov 19, 2024.

Lowest$1,200.00Deaconess Regional Medical Center
Median$1,320.00half pay less
Highest$1,440.00in this market
Difference1.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bozeman, MT.

median
Lowest $1,200.00Highest $1,440.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Deaconess Regional Medical Center lowest Bozeman, MT · (406) 585-5000 HC VASC DUPLEX EXTREM VENOUSBILAT $1,200.00 $1,500.00 $181.82–$250.05 20% Nov 19, 2024
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Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky, MT · (406) 995-6995 HC VASC DUPLEX EXTREM VENOUSBILAT $1,440.00 $1,800.00 $181.82–$250.05 20% Nov 19, 2024
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Deaconess Regional Medical Center both sides Bozeman, MT · (406) 585-5000 HC DUP SCAN VENOUS EXTREMITIES COMPLT BI STUDY $1,200.00 $1,500.00 $181.82–$250.05 20% Nov 19, 2024
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Outpatient: lowest $1,200.00, median $1,320.00, highest $1,440.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $1,200.00, median $1,200.00, highest $1,200.00.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This ultrasound looks at the veins of both legs and the blood flow in them. It is the main test for a blood clot (deep vein thrombosis) and for varicose vein problems.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan of both legs. The reading may be billed separately.