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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 October 2026.

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

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $129 to $363.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $71 to $240Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $85 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $191professional $200

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
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.95

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 18th 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.