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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 7 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$135$110 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$105 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $102 to $339Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $102 to $309
$100$200$500facility $151professional $135

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$135

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.