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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$66.07$53.70 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$27.54 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $22 to $76Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $37 to $110
$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $66

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
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$47.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$37.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$74.13
4 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
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 11th of 51

$57.54

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.