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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Ohio 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$107 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$288 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $182 to $10,965Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $76 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $182

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
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
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
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 26th of 51

$182

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.