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Contrast Stress TTE

New York 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 6 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$537$537 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$537 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,585Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,138
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $537professional $537

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
$74.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where New York sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Rhode Island than in Washington, DC. 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.

New York· 22nd of 51

$537

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.