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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 37253

This service uses a tiny ultrasound probe mounted on a catheter to image a blood vessel from the inside, done for an additional vessel beyond the first one imaged this way in the same procedure. It gives a detailed view of the vessel wall that isn't possible with standard imaging from outside the body.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$200 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$575 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $398 to $14,125Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $102 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$14,791.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$89.13

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$288

WI $316UT $117

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.