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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Illinois 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$100 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$229 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $107 to $3,236Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $83 to $355
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $813professional $174

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
$93.33
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
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
$38.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$178

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.