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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Arkansas 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 7 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$38.02$30.90 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$22.91 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $21 to $191Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $26 to $65
$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $38

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
$23.99
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$38.02

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.