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Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures

Iowa 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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$151 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$191 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $129 to $380Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $123 to $468
$100$200$500facility $234professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.5 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$214

AK $372FL $83.18

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.