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Ultrasound Imaging From Inside a Blood Vessel

Texas 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 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 12 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$100 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$501 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $107 to $5,370Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$489.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
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
$100.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$8,128.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 40th of 51

$794

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.