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Stent For A Chest-Level Artery To The Head And Arm

Alaska rates for HCPCS 37217

Opens a narrowed common carotid or innominate artery where it lies down inside the chest, by expanding the narrowing and holding it open with a metal mesh stent. The neck is opened surgically to expose the carotid artery on that side, and the stent is passed back from there into the narrowed segment under X-ray guidance, with balloon widening when needed. Restoring flow relieves symptoms and lowers the risk of stroke.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stent For A Chest-Level Artery To The Head And Arm cost?

$10,291

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,266$2,818 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$1,820 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $6,166
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,026professional $4,266

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
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.5 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$10,291

$4,266 physician + $6,026 facility

CO $13,030MD $1,737

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.