# CPT 76937

> Medicare paid $37.17 for CPT 76937 in the office (non-facility) setting and $37.17 in a facility under the Q4 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it increased 7.4%.

## What it is

Use of ultrasound to guide a needle into a vein or artery while a catheter or line is being placed. The clinician scans the target vessel to pick the best puncture site, confirms the vessel is open and not clotted, and then watches the needle tip enter it live on screen instead of relying on landmarks and feel. A permanent image of the vessel is saved to document the guidance. It is reported alongside the line placement it supports, not on its own.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2020 (2020 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $37.17
- Facility national allowed amount: $37.17
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.30
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 0.71
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.71
- Malpractice RVU: 0.02
- Conversion factor: 36.0896
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2020)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20d-updated-11232020.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU20_OCT.csv, row 13,242
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76937/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76937/2020/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:00+00:00