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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 July 2026.

How much does Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$219$141 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$191 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $74 to $2,951Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $79 to $562
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $490professional $219

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
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$524.81

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $224 · 3rd 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.