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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Tennessee 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 6 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$174$85.11 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$398 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,074Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $71 to $372
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,096professional $174

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
$354.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $186 · 29th 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.