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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 October 2026.

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

$15,849

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,849 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15,849 from a physician practice, and about $15,136 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15,849$977 to $15,849
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15,136$12,023 to $21,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $9,772 to $25,119Professionalmedian $15,849 · 10th to 90th $977 to $26,303
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $15,136professional $15,849

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
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79,432.82
Median
$79,432.82
Typical High
$79,432.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$32,359.37
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$26,915.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$23,442.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 26th of 44

$15,849

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.