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Contrast Stress TTE

Louisiana rates for HCPCS C8928

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, real-time with image documentation (2D), includes M-mode recording, when performed, during rest and cardiovascular stress test using treadmill, bicycle exercise and/or pharmacologically induced stress, with interpretation and report

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contrast Stress TTE cost?

$1,148

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $537 to $3,311.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,042Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,311
$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $3,311

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 831.8 times more in Missouri than in Georgia. 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$1,148

MO $3,311GA $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.