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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Missouri 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$87.10 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$490 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,467Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $74 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $191

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
$199.53
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$195

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.