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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Nebraska 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$158$89.13 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$331 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $135 to $12,589Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $68 to $372
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,950professional $158

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
$138.04
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $174 · 42nd 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.