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Plaque Removal, Extra Lower Leg Artery

Washington rates for HCPCS 37233

Clearing plaque from an additional narrowed artery below the knee during the same session in which another artery in that region has already been treated. A device passed inside the vessel shaves or removes the fatty buildup, and balloon widening of the same vessel is included. Each further vessel treated is charged in addition to the first one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Plaque Removal, Extra Lower Leg Artery cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$1,413$427 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,514 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $1,413

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,235.94
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in Massachusetts than in West Virginia. 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· 24th of 42

$1,413

MA $7,413WV $372

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.