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Vena Cava Filter Placement

Idaho rates for HCPCS 37191

In this procedure, a doctor threads a small device through a blood vessel and places it in the body's largest vein to help catch blood clots before they can travel to the lungs. It is typically used for patients who have or are at high risk of blood clots but cannot safely take blood-thinning medication.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vena Cava Filter Placement cost?

$7,320

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,320 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$372 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,884 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,898
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,950

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,309.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,630.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,073.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$17,782.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,981.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
14 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$630.96

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Idaho· 16th of 51

$7,320

$1,950 physician + $5,370 facility

AK $12,117MT $3,226

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.