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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Florida 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$77.62 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,023 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $186 to $9,772Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $60 to $282
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $123

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
$186.21
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$162.18
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
8 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
$33.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q6 · Substitute physician, paid per time
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XS · Separate structure
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$126

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.