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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$24.55 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$60.26 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $40 to $309Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $19 to $65
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $98professional $40

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
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$85.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$95.50
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
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
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$39.81

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.