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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 July 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$275$182 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$95.50 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $79 to $562Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $85 to $741
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $195professional $275

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
$239.88
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $263 · 1st of 51
AK $263VT $155

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.