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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Georgia 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$32.36 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$32.36 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $27 to $87Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $26 to $81
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $43professional $41

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$83.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$67.61
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
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.18

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 26th of 51

$40.74

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.