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Blocking Blood Flow To A Tumor Or Organ

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 37243

A thin catheter is threaded through the blood vessels to the artery feeding a tumor or a targeted part of an organ, and material is injected to shut that flow off on purpose. Starved of its blood supply, a tumor shrinks, or the treated part of the organ is deliberately put out of action. The imaging used to map the vessels and guide the catheter is part of the service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blocking Blood Flow To A Tumor Or Organ cost?

$8,189

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,189 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,818$603 to $8,913
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$871 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $692 to $16,218Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $550 to $12,303
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,818

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,232.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$38,904.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Maine than in Arkansas. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$8,189

$2,818 physician + $5,370 facility

ME $43,036AR $3,089

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.