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Contrast TEE for Continuous Cardiac Monitoring

Nationwide rates for HCPCS C8927

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, for monitoring purposes, including probe placement, real time (2D) image acquisition and interpretation leading to ongoing (continuous) assessment of (dynamically changing) cardiac pumping function and to therapeutic measures on an immediate time basis

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contrast TEE for Continuous Cardiac Monitoring cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 from a hospital or other facility.

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 43 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$4.37 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$1,023 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,388Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $4 to $1,148
$10$100$1Kfacility $1,549professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,570.88
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CSTM-00
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 537.0 times more in Washington than in New Hampshire. 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.

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WA $2,138NH $3.98

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.