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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Alaska rates for HCPCS 76937

Before placing a needle or catheter into a vein or artery, for instance to insert a central line, the doctor uses real-time ultrasound to look at the blood vessel, confirm it is open and healthy, and watch the needle enter it. This guidance improves accuracy and safety compared to inserting a needle by feel alone, and it includes a permanent saved image plus a written report. It is billed in addition to the vascular access procedure itself, not as a stand-alone service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$107$44.67 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$40.74 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $32 to $955Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $36 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $62professional $107

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
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$107.15

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$100

AK $100TX $33.88

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.