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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Michigan 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$132$95.50 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$676 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,884Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $76 to $282
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,072professional $132

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
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$138

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.