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Vena Cava Filter Placement

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Vena Cava Filter Placement cost?

$8,175

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$275 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$1,445 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $234 to $20,893Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,467
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $7,586professional $589

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
$5.75
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,311.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeSouth Carolina $8,175 · 11th of 50
WI $12,577MD $1,468

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.