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Follow-Up Ultrasound Study

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 76970

A limited repeat ultrasound scan done to check on a specific finding from an earlier scan, rather than a full new examination of the area. It focuses on the single question being followed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Follow-Up Ultrasound Study cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$129 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$240 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $195 to $708Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $126 to $437
$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $170

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$524.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$52.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Texas than in South Carolina. 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· 17th of 34

$200

TX $437SC $30.20

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.