Scans and imaging CPT 93970 Outpatient

Leg vein ultrasound (both legs) cost in Joplin, MO

In Joplin, MO-KS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for duplex ultrasound of the leg veins, both legs: from $769.86 to $769.86, with a median of $769.86. Across Missouri, the median is $814.28 at 2 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 93970, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$769.86Freeman Health System - Freeman West
Median$769.86half pay less
Highest$769.86in this market
Difference1.0×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 Joplin, MO-KS.

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Lowest $751.40Highest $1,200.55
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Freeman Health System - Freeman West lowest Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 BIL EXTREMITY VENOUS DUPLX-LWR $769.86 $1,924.65 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West lowest Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 BIL EXTREMITY VENOUS DUPLEX-UP $769.86 $1,924.65 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Columbus both sides Columbus, KS · (620) 429-2545 Venous Duplex Upper Ext Comp Bi $751.40 $1,156.00 $157.95–$626.91 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Columbus both sides Columbus, KS · (620) 429-2545 Venous Duplex Lower Ext Comp Bi $751.40 $1,156.00 $157.95–$626.91 35% —
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West both sides Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 UP EXT VENOUS DUPLEX BILAT $769.86 $1,924.65 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West both sides Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 LWR EXT VEN DUP W/STD REFLX/BI $769.86 $1,924.65 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West both sides Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 LWR EXT VENOUS MAPPING BILAT $769.86 $1,924.65 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West both sides Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 UP EXT VENOUS MAPPING BILAT $769.86 $1,924.65 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Freeman Health System - Freeman West both sides Joplin, MO · (417) 347-1111 LWR EXT VEN DUPLEX BILAT $769.86 $1,924.65 — 60% Sep 1, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Carthage both sides Carthage, MO · (417) 358-8121 Venous Duplex Upper Ext Comp Bi $802.10 $1,234.00 $246.40 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Carthage both sides Carthage, MO · (417) 358-8121 Venous Duplex Lower Ext Comp Bi $802.10 $1,234.00 $246.40 35% —
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas both sides Galena, KS · (620) 783-1732 Venous Duplex Lower Ext Comp Bi $1,077.05 $1,657.00 $42.00–$935.33 35% —
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas both sides Galena, KS · (620) 783-1732 Venous Duplex Upper Ext Comp Bi $1,079.00 $1,660.00 $42.00–$935.33 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Joplin both sides Joplin, MO · (417) 781-2727 Venous Duplex Lower Ext Comp Bi $1,200.55 $1,847.00 $42.00–$935.33 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Joplin both sides Joplin, MO · (417) 781-2727 Venous Duplex Upper Ext Comp Bi $1,200.55 $1,847.00 $157.73–$452.15 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $769.86, median $769.86, highest $769.86.

Both sides : lowest $751.40, median $802.10, highest $1,200.55 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

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.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $769.86. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.