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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Oregon 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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$37.15 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$32.36 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $26 to $123Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $32 to $110
$20$50$100$200$500facility $49professional $51

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Oregon· 9th of 51

$51.29

AK $100TX $33.88

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.