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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Minnesota 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$141 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$74.13 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,951Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $95 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $195professional $245

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
$74.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$588.84
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$240

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.