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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Connecticut 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $339.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $7,586Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $95 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $182

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$371.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$467.74
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
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 22nd of 51

$186

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.