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Stent Placement In An Artery Inside The Chest

Alaska rates for HCPCS 37218

Places a stent, an expandable mesh tube, in the part of the common carotid or innominate artery that lies inside the chest, opening a narrowed or damaged segment. These vessels carry blood upward toward the brain and arm, so reopening them restores flow and lowers stroke risk.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stent Placement In An Artery Inside The Chest cost?

$2,692

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,072 to $6,457.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,023
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Maine 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.

Alaska· 31st of 50

$2,692

ME $12,303ND $832

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.