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Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal With Stent

Minnesota 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?

$25,119

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25,119 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19,055 from a physician practice, and about $39,811 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 4 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$19,055$2,042 to $34,674
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39,811$32,359 to $87,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39,811 · 10th to 90th $26,303 to $87,096Professionalmedian $19,055 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $45,709
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $39,811professional $19,055

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$112,201.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$47,863.01
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30,902.95
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$87,096.36
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$45,708.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$52,480.75
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$60,255.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1445.4 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 50

$25,119

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.