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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Kentucky 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$33.88$30.90 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$32.36 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $18 to $65Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $14 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $34

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
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$128.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
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
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$33.88

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.