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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.88 to $48.98.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $166 to $166Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $29 to $49
$50$100facility $166professional $37

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12 + 32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.90

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$39.81

AK $117FL $28.84

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.