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Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures

North Carolina 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$110$102 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$105 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $100 to $229Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $98 to $186
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $135professional $110

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
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$162.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$112

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.