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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Connecticut 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$38.90$34.67 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$63.10 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $55 to $102Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $25 to $110
$20$50$100$200$500facility $79professional $39

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
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$85.11
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$54.95

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 22nd of 51

$43.65

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.