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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Maryland 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.20 to $42.66.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $14 to $59
$20$50$100professional $37

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$47.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$42.66
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
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$37.15

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.