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Follow-Up Fetal Heart Ultrasound

Iowa rates for HCPCS 76826

A repeat ultrasound exam of an unborn baby's heart, performed after an initial fetal heart ultrasound, to check on a previously identified finding or to complete a more limited follow-up assessment. It is used to monitor how a suspected or confirmed heart issue is developing as the pregnancy continues.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Follow-Up Fetal Heart Ultrasound cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 8 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$151$135 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$138 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $135 to $661Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $110 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $151

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
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Iowa· 37th of 51

$158

AK $407FL $132

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.