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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 October 2026.

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

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$123$91.20 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$363 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $148 to $7,244Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $65 to $447
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $123

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
$134.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
5 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
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 50th of 51

$126

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.