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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Iowa 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 Iowa, 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 $1,288 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$89.13 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$263 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $120 to $6,457Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $76 to $398
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$134.90
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $200 · 16th 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.