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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 October 2026.

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

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$100 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$646 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $123 to $6,457Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $81 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $186

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
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
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th 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.