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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 October 2026.

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

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$79.43 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$162 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $83 to $5,754Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $68 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $155

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
$102.33
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
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
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$158

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.