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Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal With Stent

Illinois rates for HCPCS 37231

Treatment of a narrowed or blocked artery below the knee using both a device that shaves or removes the fatty plaque from inside the vessel and a metal mesh stent left in place to hold the channel open. Balloon widening of the same vessel is included. It is done through a small arterial puncture and treats one leg.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal With Stent cost?

$14,454

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,454 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14,791 from a physician practice, and about $11,220 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$14,791$1,349 to $19,055
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,220$6,607 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $23,988Professionalmedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $724 to $26,303
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $11,220professional $14,791

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$26,302.68
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$14,125.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$23,442.29

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 1445.4 times more in Alaska than in Idaho. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Illinois $14,454 · 25th of 50
AK $46,774ID $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.