Scans and imaging CPT 93970 Outpatient

Leg vein ultrasound (both legs) cost in Memphis, TN

In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 5 hospitals list a cash price for duplex ultrasound of the leg veins, both legs: from $309.00 to $432.60, with a median of $432.60. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $123.60 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $634.37 at 34 hospitals.

  • The median here, $432.60, is 54% below the US median of $935.36.
  • That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 7 cities for code 93970, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Mar 25, 2026.

Lowest$309.00Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden
Median$432.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$432.60in this market
Difference1.4×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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

median
Lowest $154.65Highest $560.52
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC US DUPLEX BIL EXTREMITIES W/ADD'L SAPHENOUS VEIN STUDIES File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $309.00 $2,060.00 $42.00–$1,648.00 85%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC US DUPLEX BIL EXTREMITIES W/ADD'L SAPHENOUS VEIN STUDIES File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $412.00 $2,060.00 $210.27–$1,854.00 80%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US DUPLEX BIL EXTREMITIES W/ADD'L SAPHENOUS VEIN STUDIES File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $432.60 $2,060.00 $210.27–$1,854.00 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC US DUPLEX BIL EXTREMITIES W/ADD'L SAPHENOUS VEIN STUDIES File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $432.60 $2,060.00 $210.27–$1,854.00 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US DUPLEX BIL EXTREMITIES W/ADD'L SAPHENOUS VEIN STUDIES File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $432.60 $2,060.00 $108.35–$1,854.00 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden both sides West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC US VENOUS DOPPLER EXTREMITY BILATERAL File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $154.65 $1,031.00 $42.00–$824.80 85%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto both sides Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC US SAPHENUS VEIN BI/MAP File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $157.20 $786.00 $204.36–$707.40 80%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden both sides West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC US SAPHENUS VEIN BI/MAP File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $187.05 $1,247.00 $42.00–$997.60 85%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto both sides Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC US VENOUS DOPPLER EXTREMITY BILATERAL File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $206.20 $1,031.00 $210.27–$927.90 80%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's both sides Memphis, TN HC US VENOUS DOPPLER EXTREMITY BILATERAL File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $216.51 $1,031.00 $210.27–$927.90 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis both sides Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US VENOUS DOPPLER EXTREMITY BILATERAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $216.51 $1,031.00 $108.35–$927.90 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville both sides Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US VENOUS DOPPLER EXTREMITY BILATERAL File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $216.51 $1,031.00 $210.27–$927.90 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's both sides Memphis, TN HC US SAPHENUS VEIN BI/MAP File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $261.87 $1,247.00 $210.27–$1,122.30 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville both sides Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US SAPHENUS VEIN BI/MAP File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $261.87 $1,247.00 $210.27–$1,122.30 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis both sides Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US SAPHENUS VEIN BI/MAP File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $261.87 $1,247.00 $108.35–$1,122.30 79%
Methodist South Hospital both sides Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Duplex Extrem Venous,Bilat - Lower Extremity Dvt+5 more lines at this price File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $302.94 $1,377.00 $42.00–$481.18 78%
Methodist Olive Branch Hospital both sides Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC Duplex Extrem Venous,Bilat - Cv US Doppler Venous Legs Bilateral+7 more lines at this price File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $302.94 $1,377.00 $42.00–$961.96 78%
Methodist University Hospital both sides Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Vasc Duplex Extrem Venous,Bilat+7 more lines at this price File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $302.94 $1,377.00 $42.00–$481.18 78%
Methodist North Hospital both sides Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Vasc Duplex Extrem Venous,Bilat+7 more lines at this price File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $302.94 $1,377.00 $42.00–$481.18 78%
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital both sides Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC Vasc Duplex Extrem Venous,Bilat+7 more lines at this price File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $302.94 $1,377.00 $42.00–$481.18 78%
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp both sides Memphis, TN HC Extremity Study - US Lower Extremity Varicose Veins Bilateral+7 more lines at this price File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $318.12 $1,446.00 — 78%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton both sides Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC US VENOUS DOPPLER EXTREMITY BILATERAL File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $384.72 $1,603.00 $164.40–$1,442.70 76%
Regional One Health both sides Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 4540980000 - DOPPLER VENOUS LEG, BILATERAL+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $560.52 $871.73 $42.00–$697.38 36%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $309.00, median $432.60, highest $432.60 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $154.65, median $302.94, highest $560.52 — a 3.6× 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 5 facilities here, median $432.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 5 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 leg vein ultrasound (both legs) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Leg vein ultrasound (both legs) explained.