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Stent Placement In The Carotid Artery Of The Neck

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 37216

Placement of a small mesh tube to hold open a narrowed carotid artery in the neck, the main vessel carrying blood to the brain. A catheter is threaded to the narrowing, the vessel is widened, and the mesh tube is left in place. The imaging used to guide and check the work is included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stent Placement In The Carotid Artery Of The Neck cost?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$1,349$1,096 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,820 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,349

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
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$1,622

CA $6,761WV $1,072

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.