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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$50.12 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$112 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,096Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $38 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $479professional $72

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
$112.20
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$83.18
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
5 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$83.18

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.