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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Mississippi 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $32.36 to $52.48.

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

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $31 to $79Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $28 to $59
$50facility $47professional $44

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
2 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
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 22nd of 51

$43.65

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.