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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 July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 6 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$174$126 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$195 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,318Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $102 to $282
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $437professional $174

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$182

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.