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Contrast Stress TTE

Washington 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 Washington, 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 $955 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$537$537 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$309 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,570Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $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
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 38th 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.