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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Indiana 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 6 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$174$85.11 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$269 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $120 to $18,621Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $76 to $347
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,380professional $174

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
$120.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana $182 · 34th 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.