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Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures

Maryland 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?

$117

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $102 to $129.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $56 to $151
$100$200professional $117

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
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
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$117

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.