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Blood Vessel Procedure, Open Or By Catheter

Georgia rates for HCPCS 0238T

A procedure carried out on a blood vessel, which can be reached either through a catheter threaded in from a small puncture in the skin or through an open incision that exposes the vessel directly. It is done to look into or treat a problem affecting one particular blood vessel. Because the details vary with the vessel involved, it is worth asking the treating team what is being addressed and why.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Vessel Procedure, Open Or By Catheter cost?

$6,457

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,898 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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$4,898$1,202 to $6,457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$4,571 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $16,982Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,550
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $4,898

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
$4,168.69
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Montana than in North Dakota. 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.

Georgia· 30th of 51

$6,457

MT $16,982ND $776

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.