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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 July 2026.

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

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 8 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$72.44 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$158 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,467Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $62 to $398
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $372professional $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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$239.88
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota $174 · 47th 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.