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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$178$91.20 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$97.72 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $78 to $3,467Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $76 to $407
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,000professional $178

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
$154.88
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,165.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$416.87
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,165.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $182 · 36th 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.