Scans and imaging CPT 93970 Outpatient

Leg vein ultrasound (both legs) cost in Omaha, NE

In Omaha, NE-IA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for duplex ultrasound of the leg veins, both legs: from $344.70 to $976.89, with a median of $532.35. The lowest listed price is at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital — $187.65 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $1,444.00 at 25 hospitals.

  • The median here, $532.35, is 43% below the US median of $935.36.
  • That is 2.2× 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 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 14, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

Lowest$344.70Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Median$532.35half of hospitals charge less
Highest$976.89in this market
Difference2.8×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 Omaha, NE-IA.

median
Lowest $344.70Highest $2,037.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital lowest Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 Vascular Acquisition+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file $344.70 $1,149.00 $423.00–$1,871.00 70%
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 Reflux Exam w Perforator Bil+7 more lines at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file $413.64 $1,149.00 $423.00–$1,871.00 64%
Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file $532.35 $819.00 $204.75–$2,115.07 35%
Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file $532.35 $819.00 $204.75–$2,115.07 35%
Memorial Community Hospital Blair, NE · (402) 426-1502 Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers File of Jul 15, 2026 · source file $976.89 $1,221.11 $573.92–$1,196.69 20%
Nebraska Methodist Hospital both sides Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 Extremity Venous US Bilat-MH+1 more line at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file $413.64 $1,149.00 $423.00–$804.30 64%
Saunders Medical Center both sides Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 US Lower Ext Venous Duplex Bilateral+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file $1,305.00 $1,740.00 — 25%
Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa both sides Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC VENOUS DUPLEX BILATERAL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,348.50 $2,697.00 $997.89–$2,643.06 50%
Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center both sides Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC VENOUS DUPLEX BILATERAL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,486.51 $3,457.00 $201.82–$2,938.45 57%
CHI Health Bergan Mercy both sides Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC VENOUS DUPLEX BILATERAL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,486.51 $3,457.00 $200.71–$2,938.45 57%
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs both sides Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC VENOUS DUPLEX BILATERAL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,486.51 $3,457.00 $220.99–$2,938.45 57%
CHI Health Lakeside both sides Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC VENOUS DUPLEX BILATERAL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,486.51 $3,457.00 $193.66–$2,938.45 57%
CHI Health Midlands both sides Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC VENOUS DUPLEX BILATERAL File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $1,486.51 $3,457.00 $193.66–$2,938.45 57%
Nebraska Methodist Hospital both sides Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 DUP-SCAN XTR VEINS COMPLETE BILATERAL STUDY+1 more line at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file $1,590.84 $4,419.00 $466.42–$3,093.30 64%
Nebraska Spine Hospital both sides Omaha, NE · (402) 572-3000 HC VENOUS DUPLEX BILATERAL File of Jul 20, 2026 · source file $2,037.00 $2,037.00 $247.76–$2,037.00 —
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $344.70, median $532.35, highest $976.89 — a 2.8× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $413.64, median $1,486.51, highest $2,037.00 — a 4.9× 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 2 facilities here, median $379.17. 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 2 it is 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.