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Clearing Plaque From An Artery Below The Knee

Montana rates for HCPCS 35304

Opens an artery just below the knee and strips the hardened plaque out of its inner lining so that blood can reach the lower leg and foot again. The vessel is then closed, sometimes with a patch to keep the channel wide. It is done through an open surgical incision rather than from inside the vessel with a catheter.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Clearing Plaque From An Artery Below The Knee cost?

$3,770

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,288 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,950 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,138Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,950professional $1,820

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 23rd of 51

$3,770

$1,820 physician + $1,950 facility

ME $15,945MD $1,943

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.