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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Minnesota 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$67.61$41.69 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$110 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $43 to $776Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $34 to $138
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $68

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
$40.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.90
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$79.43

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$70.79

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.