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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Kansas 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$117 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$295 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $117 to $4,677Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $93 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $282

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
$489.78
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
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
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 4th of 51

$282

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.