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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$35.48$29.51 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$42.66 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $30 to $110Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $18 to $288
$20$50$100$200$500facility $63professional $35

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
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.11
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
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 41st 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.