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Removing A Foreign Object From A Blood Vessel

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 37197

This procedure removes an object, such as a broken piece of a catheter, that has become lodged inside a blood vessel. Using imaging guidance, a specialist threads a thin instrument through the blood vessels to capture and pull out the object without open surgery. It's used to prevent complications like blockage or clot formation caused by the retained object.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing A Foreign Object From A Blood Vessel cost?

$5,614

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$1,445$331 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,995 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $1,445

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
$776.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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

Pennsylvania· 24th of 50

$5,614

$1,445 physician + $4,169 facility

IN $11,435ND $1,753

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.