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Follow-Up Fetal Heart Ultrasound

Louisiana 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 6 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$174$132 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$174 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $129 to $513Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $112 to $234
$50$100$200$500facility $234professional $174

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
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$174

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.