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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Inside-the-vessel ultrasound, each additional vessel

CPT 37253the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for imaging with an ultrasound probe inside each extra blood vessel during the same session, billed once per additional vessel.

Hospitals typically charge $1,628 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,675 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,898. Most fall between $527 and $4,074 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,675
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,675 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$221$716$1,628$3,659$5,325

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($221 vs $5,325).

How the prices are spread

$143 – $214: 74 hospitals$143$214 – $320: 72 hospitals$320 – $479: 95 hospitals$320$479 – $716: 95 hospitals$716 – $1,071: 205 hospitals$716$1,071 – $1,603: 206 hospitals$1,603 – $2,398: 196 hospitals$1,603$2,398 – $3,587: 207 hospitals$3,587 – $5,366: 277 hospitals$3,587$5,366 – $8,027: 82 hospitals$5,366median $1,628price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,509 of 1,675 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$143$21474
$214$32072
$320$47995
$479$71695
$716$1,071205
$1,071$1,603206
$1,603$2,398196
$2,398$3,587207
$3,587$5,366277
$5,366$8,02782

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,628.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,336 across 39 hospitalsWA$2,336Idaho: median $3,213 across 12 hospitalsID$3,213Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,840 across 39 hospitalsMN$2,840Illinois: median $1,505 across 77 hospitalsIL$1,505Wisconsin: median $1,399 across 58 hospitalsWI$1,399Michigan: median $1,042 across 58 hospitalsMI$1,042New York: median $512 across 45 hospitalsNY$512Massachusetts: median $530 across 20 hospitalsMA$530Oregon: median $1,136 across 30 hospitalsOR$1,136Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,249 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,249Indiana: median $476 across 48 hospitalsIN$476Ohio: median $1,933 across 102 hospitalsOH$1,933Pennsylvania: median $1,516 across 72 hospitalsPA$1,516New Jersey: median $4,552 across 37 hospitalsNJ$4,552Connecticut: median $1,344 across 12 hospitalsCT$1,344Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,445 across 138 hospitalsCA$1,445Utah: median $3,836 across 26 hospitalsUT$3,836Colorado: median $1,783 across 32 hospitalsCO$1,783Nebraska: median $381 across 18 hospitalsNE$381Missouri: median $1,705 across 43 hospitalsMO$1,705Kentucky: median $3,659 across 23 hospitalsKY$3,659West Virginia: median $451 across 16 hospitalsWV$451Virginia: median $913 across 40 hospitalsVA$913Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,825 across 32 hospitalsAZ$1,825New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,454 across 17 hospitalsKS$2,454Arkansas: median $1,037 across 17 hospitalsAR$1,037Tennessee: median $777 across 42 hospitalsTN$777North Carolina: median $1,633 across 46 hospitalsNC$1,633South Carolina: median $1,753 across 29 hospitalsSC$1,753Oklahoma: median $610 across 32 hospitalsOK$610Louisiana: median $852 across 37 hospitalsLA$852Mississippi: median $1,189 across 19 hospitalsMS$1,189Alabama: median $2,230 across 23 hospitalsAL$2,230Georgia: median $1,510 across 60 hospitalsGA$1,510Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,660 across 145 hospitalsTX$2,660Florida: median $3,795 across 93 hospitalsFL$3,795
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,628. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ37$4,552+180%$805 – $6,839
Utah UT26$3,836+136%$3,836 – $4,513
Florida FL93$3,795+133%$1,080 – $4,757
Kentucky KY23$3,659+125%$720 – $7,655
Idaho ID12$3,213+97%$1,000 – $3,836
Minnesota MN39$2,840+74%$307 – $3,373
Texas TX145$2,660+63%$566 – $7,841
Kansas KS17$2,454+51%$807 – $4,048
Washington WA39$2,336+44%$1,354 – $4,170
Alabama AL23$2,230+37%$1,403 – $12,506
Ohio OH102$1,933+19%$896 – $3,576
Arizona AZ32$1,825+12%$1,228 – $3,607
Colorado CO32$1,783+10%$910 – $3,232
South Carolina SC29$1,753+8%$965 – $3,562
Missouri MO43$1,705+5%$984 – $4,602
North Carolina NC46$1,6330%$712 – $3,045
Pennsylvania PA72$1,516−7%$594 – $4,064
Georgia GA60$1,510−7%$1,462 – $2,848
Illinois IL77$1,505−8%$609 – $4,025
California CA138$1,445−11%$664 – $4,322
Wisconsin WI58$1,399−14%$665 – $3,175
Connecticut CT12$1,344−17%$820 – $4,703
Iowa IA21$1,249−23%$538 – $2,407
Mississippi MS19$1,189−27%$679 – $2,513
Oregon OR30$1,136−30%$144 – $3,923
Michigan MI58$1,042−36%$260 – $3,629
Arkansas AR17$1,037−36%$186 – $1,819
Virginia VA40$913−44%$799 – $1,976
Louisiana LA37$852−48%$230 – $1,859
Tennessee TN42$777−52%$151 – $1,895
Oklahoma OK32$610−62%$198 – $2,749
Massachusetts MA20$530−67%$221 – $2,916
New York NY45$512−69%$133 – $2,457
Indiana IN48$476−71%$158 – $3,702
West Virginia WV16$451−72%$75 – $793
Nebraska NE18$381−77%$170 – $2,693
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,628.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,488$1,633$566 – $4,271
Children’s31$2,225$852 – $3,843
Critical access148$1,081$246 – $3,644
Ownership
For-profit185$2,592$771 – $6,202
Government197$1,510$451 – $3,135
Non-profit1,285$1,530$483 – $3,957
System affiliation
Part of a system1,454$1,633$598 – $4,221
Independent221$1,378$285 – $4,000

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,842
Median cash price$1,628
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,314 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,705 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,971; most fall between $568 and $4,097.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,314 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$241$751$1,705$3,705$5,171

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($241 vs $5,171).

Of the 1,445 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,314 gave a usable cash price; 57 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 73 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,675 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (42%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,894 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,675
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here92
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded124
Hospitals that filed this code1,894

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Intravascular US Noncoronary Rs&I Addl Vessel.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Inside-the-vessel ultrasound, each additional vessel (CPT 37253) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37253-inside-the-vessel-ultrasound-each-additional-vessel