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Repositioning a Vena Cava Filter

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 37192

A catheter procedure to move a filter that is already sitting in the large vein carrying blood from the lower body back to the heart. Working through a vein under X-ray guidance, the doctor grasps the filter and repositions it so it sits correctly and continues to catch clots before they reach the lungs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repositioning a Vena Cava Filter cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$1,175$490 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,445 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,175

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
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California than in Maine. 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$1,660

CA $6,310ME $871

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.