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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Arkansas 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 Arkansas, 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 $794 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$162$75.86 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$240 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,862Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $69 to $309
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $794professional $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
$89.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas $174 · 44th 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.