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Contrast Stress TTE

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Stress TTE cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$794$537 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$1,122 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $141 to $2,089Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,512
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,259professional $794

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Rhode Island than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $891 · 3rd of 51
RI $891DC $537

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.