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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Montana 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$182$81.28 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$120 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $115 to $355Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $69 to $316
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $204professional $182

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
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08

Where Montana 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.

Montana $182 · 32nd 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.