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Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures

Alabama rates for HCPCS 76941

Continuous ultrasound used to guide a fine needle through the mother's abdomen into the umbilical cord or the unborn baby's circulation. It supports either taking a sample of the baby's blood or giving the baby a transfusion before birth, with the scan showing the position of the needle throughout.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$117$100 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$148 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $66 to $234Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $91 to $182
$100$200facility $174professional $117

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in North Dakota 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$123

ND $204FL $95.50

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.