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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Louisiana 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 6 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$40.74$33.11 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$38.90 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $23 to $427Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $26 to $59
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $51professional $41

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
$38.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.90
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$40.74

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.