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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, 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 $191 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 5 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$91.20 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$72.44 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,995Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $71 to $389
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $191professional $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
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota $182 · 31st 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.