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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Florida 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 8 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$32.36$25.70 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$72.44 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $45 to $891Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $25 to $66
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $288professional $32

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
$57.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.30
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$47.86
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$14.45
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$27.54

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$35.48

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.