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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Virginia 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$174$87.10 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$105 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $83 to $5,248Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $78 to $339
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $229professional $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
$102.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$363.08

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $182 · 30th 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.