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Bubble Ultrasound Of Arteries Inside The Head

Virginia rates for HCPCS 93893

An ultrasound probe held against the skull listens to blood flowing through the arteries inside the head and picks up tiny bubbles or clot fragments passing through. A small amount of agitated saline is injected into an arm vein first so that bubbles can be tracked as they travel. It is often used to look for a passage in the heart or lungs that lets blood bypass the lung filter, one possible cause of stroke in younger people.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bubble Ultrasound Of Arteries Inside The Head cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$398$316 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$141 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $71 to $6,026Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $182 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $269professional $398

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$66.07
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$489.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 9.1 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· 16th of 51

$389

AK $871UT $95.50

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.