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Vena Cava Filter Placement

Montana 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?

$3,226

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$407$309 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$331 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,981Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,802
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $407

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
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$3,226

$407 physician + $2,818 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.