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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Georgia 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$191$93.33 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$794 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,550Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $78 to $407
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,512professional $191

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
$457.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$43.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$21.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $200 · 18th 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.