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Removing A Foreign Object From A Blood Vessel

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$2,834

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$417 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,479 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,802
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$2,834

$1,096 physician + $1,738 facility

OK $9,073MD $2,328

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.