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

Massachusetts 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?

$2,862

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,862 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$1,660$1,202 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$776 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,631Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,079
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $1,660

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,884.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 51

$2,862

$1,660 physician + $1,202 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.