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Balloon Widening Of A Blocked Thigh Or Knee Artery

Washington rates for HCPCS 37224

Reopens a narrowed femoral or popliteal artery, the main vessels running down the thigh and behind the knee, by threading a balloon catheter to the narrowing and inflating it to press the blockage outward against the vessel wall. No mesh stent is left behind. It treats cramping leg pain on walking, pain at rest, or wounds that will not heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of A Blocked Thigh Or Knee Artery cost?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$3,311$851 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,072 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $832 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,762
$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $3,311

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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$23,442.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$40,738.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$269.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,079.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 741.3 times more in Indiana than in Idaho. 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.

Washington· 33rd of 50

$3,890

IN $24,547ID $33.11

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.