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Contrast Stress TTE with Continuous ECG Monitoring

California rates for HCPCS C8930

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; including performance of continuous electrocardiographic monitoring, with physician supervision

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Stress TTE with Continuous ECG Monitoring cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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$1,148$776 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$1,023 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $89 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,455
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $1,148

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
$1,202.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$380.19
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where California sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

California· 43rd of 51

$1,148

SD $2,344NH $562

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.