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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

New Mexico 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$174$85.11 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$115 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,380Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $76 to $295
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $204professional $174

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
$117.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico $186 · 26th 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.