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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 July 2026.

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

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 7 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$186$89.13 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$676 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $178 to $4,898Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $76 to $417
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,622professional $186

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
$177.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $204 · 12th 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.