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Ultrasound Imaging From Inside a Blood Vessel

Louisiana 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?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 6 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$417$107 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$891 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,129Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $417

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,584.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$977

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.