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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Maryland 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$178$83.18 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$0.98 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $1 to $646Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $72 to $355
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $117professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$178

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.