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Ultrasound Imaging From Inside a Blood Vessel

Iowa rates for HCPCS 37252

This service uses a tiny ultrasound probe mounted on a catheter to image a blood vessel from the inside, giving a detailed view of the vessel wall and any buildup inside it. It covers the first blood vessel imaged this way during a procedure, often done alongside another vascular treatment to help guide decisions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound Imaging From Inside a Blood Vessel cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 7 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$490$112 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$813 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $132 to $6,457Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,455
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $490

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in California than in South Dakota. 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.

Iowa· 35th of 51

$891

CA $1,259SD $166

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.