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Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal With Stent

South Dakota 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 October 2026.

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

$16,982

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,982 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25,704 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25,704$1,738 to $33,113
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$2,042 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $20,417Professionalmedian $25,704 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $40,738
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,761professional $25,704

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$33,113.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$20,417.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$40,738.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$33,884.42
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 120.2 times more in Texas than in Hawaii. 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.

South Dakota· 25th of 44

$16,982

TX $79,433HI $661

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.