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Ultrasound Guidance for Fetal Blood Procedures

South 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$110$102 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$102 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $98 to $229Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $98 to $162
$50$100$200$500facility $132professional $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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$110

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.