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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Utah 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$117$102 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$309 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $115 to $4,571Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $91 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $117

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
$114.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
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
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 51st of 51

$117

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.