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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Rhode Island 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,981Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $71 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $155

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Rhode Island· 40th of 51

$178

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.