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Stent to Open a Blocked Thigh or Knee Artery

New York 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 October 2026.

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

$10,965

Typical facility fee. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,965 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,888 to $14,791.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $15,136Professionalmedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $11,220 to $19,498
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $14,791

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,135.61
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$16,982.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$20,892.96
2 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
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GL · Free upgrade
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18

Where New York sits

The same service costs 123.0 times more in Texas 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.

New York· 25th of 44

$10,965

TX $56,234HI $457

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.