go back

Ultrasound Imaging From Inside a Blood Vessel

Massachusetts 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 9 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$447$115 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$123 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,388Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $93 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $447

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
$416.87
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,128.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,128.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 42nd of 51

$631

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.