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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Michigan 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$37.15 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$44.67 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $45 to $209Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126
$20$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $45

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
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$60.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
6 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
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$223.87

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 21st of 51

$44.67

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.