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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

South Dakota 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$53.70$39.81 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$191 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $182 to $776Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $34 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $741professional $54

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
$181.97
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$46.77
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$302.00
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$85.11

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.