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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access cost?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $135 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 4 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$36.31$33.88 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$85.11 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,549Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $31 to $63
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $135professional $36

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
$70.79
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 45th of 51

$37.15

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.