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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 5 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$37.15$32.36 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$48.98 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $31 to $398Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $28 to $59
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $37

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
$30.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$38.90

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.