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Contrast Ultrasound of a Lesion, First Area

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 76978

An ultrasound scan of a specific lump or spot performed after tiny gas bubbles are injected into a vein as a contrast agent. The bubbles show how blood flows into and out of the area as it happens, which helps tell a harmless lesion from one needing treatment. This covers the first lesion examined; each further lesion is charged separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contrast Ultrasound of a Lesion, First Area cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$240 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$302 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $224 to $794Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $115 to $407
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $282

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$288

AK $759UT $102

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.