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Stent to Open a Blocked Thigh or Knee Artery

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 37226

A catheter is threaded to a narrowed or blocked artery in the thigh or behind the knee, and a small metal mesh tube is expanded inside the vessel to hold it open. Ballooning the vessel is included when it is needed to prepare or finish the treatment. It treats one leg and restores blood flow that has been choked off by hardening of the arteries.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stent to Open a Blocked Thigh or Knee Artery cost?

$7,244

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56,234 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 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$56,234$56,234 to $56,234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$56.23 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $56 to $13,183Professionalmedian $56,234 · 10th to 90th $56,234 to $56,234
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $56,234

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
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$42,657.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$56,234.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$42,657.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$56,234.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1071.5 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.

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$7,244

IN $35,481ID $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.