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Quantitative Ultrasound Tissue Analysis

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 0689T

Analyzes the ultrasound signal coming back from an organ to produce a number describing what the tissue is made of — for example how much fat has built up in the liver — rather than only a picture. The measured value can be compared over time to track whether a condition is improving or worsening.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Quantitative Ultrasound Tissue Analysis cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$186$151 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$81.28 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $37 to $3,020Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,020
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $135professional $186

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 56.2 times more in Florida than in Delaware. 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.

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$178

FL $3,020DE $53.70

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.