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Ultrasound Tissue Stiffness Measurement

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0346T

Adds a stiffness measurement to an ultrasound scan. The machine gauges how much the tissue deforms, because scarred or diseased tissue is usually firmer than healthy tissue — for example in the liver — and it is billed in addition to the main scan.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Tissue Stiffness Measurement cost?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 3 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$105$105 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$269 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $263 to $741Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $105 to $135
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $105

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2511.9 times more in Kentucky than in Mississippi. 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.

Minnesota· 25th of 35

$105

KY $63,096MS $25.12

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.