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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Delaware 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$36.31$30.90 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$41.69 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $38 to $347Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $30 to $59
$50$100$200facility $65professional $36

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$35.48
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
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 42nd of 51

$37.15

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.