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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Illinois 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 7 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$38.02$32.36 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$51.29 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $38 to $871Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $22 to $74
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $38

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
$38.02
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$162.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$213.80
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$41.69

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.