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Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal

Washington 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 July 2026.

How much does Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal cost?

$12,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9,550 from a physician practice, and about $16,218 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$9,550$1,349 to $19,498
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,218$1,698 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $42,658Professionalmedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $912 to $22,909
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $16,218professional $9,550

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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$75,857.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$26,915.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$416.87
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$21,379.62
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 1288.2 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.

Washington· 21st of 50

$12,023

IN $41,687ID $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.