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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Rhode Island 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $34.67 to $58.88.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $60 to $95Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $34 to $65
$50$100facility $83professional $47

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
2 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
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$47.86

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.