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Balloon Widening Of A Narrowed Vein, First Vein

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 37248

A small balloon is passed to a narrowed or blocked segment of vein and inflated to stretch it open, restoring flow. It can be done through a puncture in a blood vessel or through a surgical opening made to reach the vein directly, guided by live imaging. The service covers the first vein treated during the visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of A Narrowed Vein, First Vein cost?

$6,304

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$417 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,692 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $1,175

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$6,304

$1,175 physician + $5,129 facility

OK $12,769WV $2,479

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.