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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

South Dakota 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$229$158 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$112 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $95 to $813Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $112 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $245professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
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
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$234

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.