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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

Virginia 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$42.66$33.88 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$34.67 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $20 to $741Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $30 to $66
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $56professional $43

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
$38.02
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$61.66
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 18th of 51

$45.71

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.