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Ultrasound Guidance For Aiming Radiation Treatment

California rates for HCPCS 76950

An ultrasound scan used alongside radiation therapy to see the target area and confirm the treatment is lined up on it before the beam is switched on. The pictures are taken from the skin surface with gel and a handheld probe and add no radiation of their own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Guidance For Aiming Radiation Treatment cost?

$251

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $871.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $79 to $347Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $398 to $871
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $145professional $871

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where California sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Tennessee 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.

California· 3rd of 31

$251

TN $871FL $40.74

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.