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Follow-Up Fetal Heart Ultrasound

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$155$138 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$93.33 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $49 to $427Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $112 to $282
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $162professional $155

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
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$295.12
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th 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.