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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Colorado 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 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 $355 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 7 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$178$83.18 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$182 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $83 to $5,888Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $76 to $316
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $355professional $178

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
$199.53
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $191 · 20th 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.