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Contrast Ultrasound of an Additional Area

Virginia rates for HCPCS 76979

An ultrasound study in which tiny gas bubbles are injected into a vein so blood flowing through a suspicious area lights up on the scan and its pattern of filling can be judged. This covers examining a further area during the same session, each with its own injection, and is billed in addition to the first.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contrast Ultrasound of an Additional Area cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$135 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$83.18 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $44 to $562Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $112 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$457.09
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 6.8 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$170

AK $490UT $72.44

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.