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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Delaware 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$81.28 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$209 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $83 to $3,236Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $68 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $158

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,096.48
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
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
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.44

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 42nd of 51

$158

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.