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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Tennessee 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $288.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $31 to $66Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $347
$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $41

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$41.69
3 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
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$40.74

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.