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Unlisted Ultrasound Procedure

Texas rates for HCPCS 76999

An ultrasound examination that has no standard named entry of its own. Ultrasound sends harmless sound waves in through a probe and builds a live picture from the echoes, without using radiation. What is examined and why depends on the individual case, so a written report describing exactly what was done accompanies it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Ultrasound Procedure cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.20$30.20 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$117 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $110 to $427Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $204professional $30

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$602.56

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in New Hampshire than in Kentucky. 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.

Texas· 29th of 49

$166

NH $646KY $44.67

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.