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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Indiana 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$35.48$33.11 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$43.65 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $35 to $912Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $58
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $68professional $35

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
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
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
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$35.48

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.