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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

South Carolina 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$107 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$316 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $129 to $6,918Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $76 to $269
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $158

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
$95.50
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
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
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$158

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.