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Quantitative Ultrasound Tissue Analysis

Minnesota 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 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 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$75.86$63.10 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$269 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $66 to $813Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $59 to $138
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $76

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$81.28

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.