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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

New Jersey 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$79.43 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$537 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $79 to $8,511Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $65 to $295
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $145

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
$79.43
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$162.18
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
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
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$24.55

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$145

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.