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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Nebraska 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$75.86$47.86 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$95.50 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $76 to $6,026Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $36 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $372professional $76

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
$36.31
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$85.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
3 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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$75.86

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.