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Contrast TTE, Complete, without Doppler

California rates for HCPCS C8923

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, real-time with image documentation (2D), includes M-mode recording, when performed, complete, without spectral or color doppler echocardiography

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast TTE, Complete, without Doppler cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$759 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$759 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,660Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $724 to $891
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $794professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$933.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where California sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 35th of 51

$759

VT $891MS $724

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.