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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 July 2026.

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

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$87.10 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$115 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $83 to $9,772Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $69 to $380
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $234professional $166

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

South Carolina $166 · 49th of 51
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.