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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

Vermont 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $295.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $91 to $355
$100$200$500professional $195

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
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
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 15th of 51

$195

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.