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Contrast TEE for Continuous Cardiac Monitoring

California 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. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$447 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$447 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,138Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $447 to $447
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $933professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where California sits

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.

California· 34th of 51

$447

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.