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Contrast Ultrasound of an Additional Area

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Ultrasound of an Additional Area cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 4 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$191$174 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$170 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $123 to $178Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $162 to $339
$50$100$200$500facility $178professional $191

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Alaska 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.

West Virginia· 40th of 51

$178

AK $316FL $158

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.