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Contrast Stress TTE with Continuous ECG Monitoring

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, 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 $1,950 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$1,148$1,023 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,349 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$977.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
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
$741.31
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
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 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.

Pennsylvania· 11th 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.