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Complete Ultrasound Mapping For Dialysis Access

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 93986

This ultrasound maps the blood vessels, veins and arteries, in an arm or other site being considered for, or already used for, hemodialysis access, such as before creating a fistula or graft or to evaluate an existing one. It is the complete version of the study rather than a limited or follow-up exam. Sound waves create the images without any needles or radiation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complete Ultrasound Mapping For Dialysis Access cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$138 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$170 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $129 to $398Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $129 to $209
$100$200$500facility $229professional $151

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
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.8 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.

Louisiana· 38th of 51

$155

AK $363UT $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.