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Contrast TEE for Congenital Anomalies

Texas rates for HCPCS C8926

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, for congenital cardiac anomalies; including probe placement, image acquisition, interpretation and report

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast TEE for Congenital Anomalies cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 10 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$1,738$1,738 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$1,698 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,311Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $1,738

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
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.39

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Vermont than in Mississippi. 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.

Texas· 33rd of 51

$1,738

VT $3,162MS $1,148

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.