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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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$166$89.13 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$479 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,467Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $76 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $166

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
$204.17
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$200

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.