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Ultrasound Imaging From Inside a Blood Vessel

Minnesota 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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$724$170 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,096 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $112 to $9,120Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $98 to $2,951
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $724

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
$89.13
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$21,379.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,079.46
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$933

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.