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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Nevada 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$39.81$36.31 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$41.69 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $33 to $52Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $29 to $62
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $44professional $40

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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.16
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$42.66
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 30th of 51

$39.81

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.