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Lower Leg Artery Plaque Removal With Stent

Washington 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?

$15,849

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,849 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11,749 from a physician practice, and about $20,893 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$11,749$1,413 to $25,119
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20,893$1,820 to $30,200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $42,658Professionalmedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $977 to $30,200
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $20,893professional $11,749

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
$1,318.26
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$75,857.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$33,884.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$446.68
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$26,915.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 19th of 50

$15,849

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.