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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 October 2026.

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

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$105 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,096 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,692Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $76 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,630professional $178

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
5 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
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$29.51

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$191

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.