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Ultrasound Guidance for Vascular Access

West 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 5 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$35.48$28.84 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$105 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $65 to $1,288Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $25 to $47
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $35

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
$100.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
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
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$128.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 7th of 51

$56.23

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.