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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 October 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$138$120 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$105 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $105 to $257Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $105 to $209
$100$200$500facility $126professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$120.23
18 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
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$138

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.