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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

New Jersey 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$37.15$30.90 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$33.11 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $31 to $324Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $28 to $68
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $37professional $37

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
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$22.91
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$44.67
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
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$37.15

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.