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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Iowa 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$41.69$35.48 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$74.13 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $46 to $12,023Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $31 to $102
$100$1K$10Kfacility $302professional $42

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
$45.71
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$144.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$104.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$33,884.42
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$44.67

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.