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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Oregon 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $347 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$204$126 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$282 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,129Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $91 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $204

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$457.09
10 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
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 9th of 51

$219

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.