Scans and imaging CPT 93970 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Leg vein ultrasound (both legs) cost in Kalispell, MT — inpatient

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for duplex ultrasound of the leg veins, both legs as an inpatient: from $236.60 to $287.30, with a median of $261.95. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health Medical Center — $25.35 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $771.63 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 93970, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$236.60Logan Health Medical Center
Median$261.95half pay less
Highest$287.30in 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 Kalispell, MT.

median
Lowest $236.60Highest $1,097.69
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health Medical Center lowest Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 EXTREMITY STUDY $236.60 $364.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 EXTREMITY STUDY $287.30 $442.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Whitefish both sides Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 VEIN MAPPING; EXTREMITY;BILAT $693.06 $1,066.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health Medical Center both sides Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 VEIN MAPPING; EXTREMITY;BILAT $1,097.69 $1,688.75 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $236.60, median $261.95, highest $287.30 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $693.06, median $895.38, highest $1,097.69 — 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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $261.95 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93970 ($891.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Logan Health - Whitefish Whitefish, MTDUP SCAN XTR VEINS COM BIL $50.70 file
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MTDUP SCAN XTR VEINS COM BIL $50.70 file