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Ultrasound Imaging From Inside a Blood Vessel

South Dakota 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 8 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$110$81.28 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$2,291 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $174 to $5,248Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $110

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
$3,162.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$1,258.93
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$2,398.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 51st of 51

$166

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.