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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

North Carolina 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$295$162 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$166 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $69 to $2,951Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $107 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $295

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
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$295

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.