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Quantitative Ultrasound Tissue Analysis

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0690T

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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 4 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$61.66$58.88 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$60.26 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $41 to $229Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $52 to $76
$20$50$100$200facility $166professional $62

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in New Hampshire 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.

Alabama· 45th of 51

$61.66

NH $112DE $58.88

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.