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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Alabama 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 5 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$162$83.18 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$617 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,311Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $69 to $295
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,259professional $162

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
$295.12
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama $174 · 46th 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.