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Atherectomy of a Renal Artery

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0234T

A catheter is passed through the arteries to a renal artery, the vessel feeding a kidney, and the hardened or fatty material narrowing it is cut or shaved away from inside the vessel. X-ray imaging guides the work, and the imaging supervision and interpretation are part of the service. Clearing the narrowing restores blood flow to the kidney.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Atherectomy of a Renal Artery cost?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $16,982 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$2,188$2,042 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,982$9,550 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $36,308Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $2,344
$100$1K$10Kfacility $16,982professional $2,188

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
$2,187.76
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$40,738.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,511.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Minnesota. 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$2,291

WI $9,772MN $1,072

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.