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Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 37229

Clearing a narrowed or blocked artery below the knee by passing a device inside the vessel that shaves, drills or otherwise removes the fatty plaque, with balloon widening of the same vessel included. It restores blood flow toward the ankle and foot in one leg. It is typically done for rest pain, a non-healing ulcer or threatened tissue loss.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal cost?

$17,783

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,783 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16,982 from a physician practice, and about $18,621 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$16,982$2,089 to $28,184
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18,621$11,749 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18,621 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $43,652Professionalmedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $36,308
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $18,621professional $16,982

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$70,794.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$36,307.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$35,481.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$29,512.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$22,387.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$48,977.88
1 more rate 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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$35,481.34
Median
$63,095.73
Typical High
$120,226.44

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 75.9 times more in Massachusetts than in West Virginia. 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 44

$17,783

MA $60,256WV $794

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.