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Additional Vessel Ultrasound Imaging Inside a Vessel

West 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 5 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$166$83.18 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$72.44 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,230Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $72 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $166

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
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$851.14
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$166

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.