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Thigh Artery Plaque Removal With Stent

Texas rates for HCPCS 37227

Treatment of a narrowed or blocked artery in the thigh or behind the knee, in which a device is passed inside the vessel to cut or shave away the fatty plaque and a metal mesh stent is then left in place to hold the channel open. Balloon widening of the same vessel is part of the service. It is done for one leg at a time, usually for pain on walking or a wound that will not heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thigh Artery Plaque Removal With Stent cost?

$6,918

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,918 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9,120 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 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$9,120$851 to $19,498
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$56.23 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $55 to $70,795Professionalmedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $661 to $75,858
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,607professional $9,120

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
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70,794.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$89,125.09
Typical High
$89,125.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$588.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$34,673.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$213,796.21

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 1380.4 times more in Alaska 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.

Texas· 41st of 50

$6,918

AK $44,668ID $32.36

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.