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Procedure price report · Embolectomy and endarterectomy of lower limbs

Plaque removal from the artery behind the knee

CPT 35303the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to clear fatty plaque and clot from the popliteal artery behind the knee, including a patch repair of the vessel if needed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,497 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 280 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,691. Most fall between $1,592 and $5,419 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
280
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 280 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,212$1,816$2,497$4,411$9,569

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,212 vs $9,569).

How the prices are spread

$719 – $971: 6 hospitals$719$971 – $1,310: 13 hospitals$1,310 – $1,768: 32 hospitals$1,310$1,768 – $2,387: 64 hospitals$2,387 – $3,222: 62 hospitals$2,387$3,222 – $4,349: 16 hospitals$4,349 – $5,870: 22 hospitals$4,349$5,870 – $7,924: 12 hospitals$7,924 – $10,695: 17 hospitals$7,924$10,695 – $14,437: 9 hospitals$10,695median $2,497price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (253 of 280 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$719$9716
$971$1,31013
$1,310$1,76832
$1,768$2,38764
$2,387$3,22262
$3,222$4,34916
$4,349$5,87022
$5,870$7,92412
$7,924$10,69517
$10,695$14,4379

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,497.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,518 across 19 hospitalsIL$2,518Wisconsin: median $1,816 across 18 hospitalsWI$1,816Michigan: median $1,967 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,967New York: median $2,390 across 17 hospitalsNY$2,390Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,022 across 14 hospitalsIA$3,022Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,136 across 11 hospitalsOH$6,136Pennsylvania: median $198 across 15 hospitalsPA$198New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $3,029 across 11 hospitalsNC$3,029South Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,986 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,986Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,497. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH11$6,136+146%$1,948 – $6,136
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+105%$4,090 – $6,311
North Carolina NC11$3,029+21%$3,029 – $3,029
Iowa IA14$3,022+21%$3,022 – $3,022
Illinois IL19$2,518+1%$1,592 – $17,466
New York NY17$2,390−4%$1,623 – $11,730
Oklahoma OK14$1,986−20%$1,986 – $9,569
Michigan MI27$1,967−21%$1,715 – $2,497
Wisconsin WI18$1,816−27%$1,816 – $8,729
Pennsylvania PA15$198−92%$161 – $1,116
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,497.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care233$2,624$1,656 – $5,855
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access44$1,816$1,487 – $2,764
Ownership
For-profit17fewer than 20 hospitals
Government39$2,963$1,961 – $3,360
Non-profit224$2,497$1,623 – $6,136
System affiliation
Part of a system230$2,497$1,592 – $6,136
Independent50$2,516$1,623 – $3,565

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,778
Median cash price$2,497
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

218 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,190 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,575; most fall between $1,585 and $4,957.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 218 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,009$1,607$2,190$3,613$11,730

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,009 vs $11,730).

Of the 243 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 218 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

280 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 336 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted280
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code336

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Embolectomy and endarterectomy of lower limbs family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Teaec W/Graft Popliteal Artery.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Plaque removal from the artery behind the knee (CPT 35303) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-35303-plaque-removal-from-the-artery-behind-the-knee