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Contrast TTE, Complete, with Spectral and Color Doppler

Ohio rates for HCPCS C8929

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, real-time with image documentation (2D), includes M-mode recording, when performed, complete, with spectral doppler echocardiography, and with color flow doppler echocardiography

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast TTE, Complete, with Spectral and Color Doppler cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 5 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$513$513 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$871 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,090Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $513 to $955
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,042professional $513

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
$724.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in West Virginia 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.

Ohio· 4th of 51

$955

WV $2,138DC $513

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.