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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Missouri 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 7 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$38.90$33.88 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$41.69 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $36 to $1,349Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $31 to $98
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $83professional $39

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
$37.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 30th of 51

$41.69

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.