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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 October 2026.

How much does Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$158$100 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$174 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $79 to $4,571Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $76 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $295professional $158

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
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
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
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 36th of 51

$162

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.