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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Arizona 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$39.81$33.88 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$47.86 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $35 to $776Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $31 to $110
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $72professional $40

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
$60.26
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 29th of 51

$41.69

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.