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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 October 2026.

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

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,890$589 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$3,311 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $7,079Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,079
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $3,890

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
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,952.62
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$19,952.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,079.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 51.3 times more in Tennessee than in Hawaii. 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· 30th of 44

$3,890

TN $19,953HI $389

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.