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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 October 2026.

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

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $269.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,089Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $85 to $324
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
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
$38.90
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 38th of 51

$162

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.