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Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures

Minnesota 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$132 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$138 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,047Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $275professional $178

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$208.93
5 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$191

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.