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Contrast Stress TTE

Pennsylvania 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 9 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 $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,000 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,236Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $537 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
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
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 13th of 51

$741

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.