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Stent in a thigh or knee artery

CPT 37226the billing code this page is about

Catheter-based stent placement, with or without balloon widening, in a narrowed femoral or popliteal artery in one leg, including guiding imaging.

Hospitals typically charge $15,253 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,439 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $15,929. Most fall between $8,235 and $25,956 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,439
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,439 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
$5,034$9,617$15,253$23,094$37,173

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5,034 vs $37,173).

How the prices are spread

$2,670 – $3,545: 12 hospitals$2,670$3,545 – $4,707: 49 hospitals$4,707 – $6,250: 62 hospitals$4,707$6,250 – $8,298: 94 hospitals$8,298 – $11,018: 165 hospitals$8,298$11,018 – $14,629: 245 hospitals$14,629 – $19,424: 232 hospitals$14,629$19,424 – $25,790: 211 hospitals$25,790 – $34,242: 115 hospitals$25,790$34,242 – $45,465: 113 hospitals$34,242median $15,253price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,298 of 1,439 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,670$3,54512
$3,545$4,70749
$4,707$6,25062
$6,250$8,29894
$8,298$11,018165
$11,018$14,629245
$14,629$19,424232
$19,424$25,790211
$25,790$34,242115
$34,242$45,465113

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $15,253.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $17,150 across 19 hospitalsWA$17,150Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $16,618 across 28 hospitalsMN$16,618Illinois: median $16,149 across 66 hospitalsIL$16,149Wisconsin: median $14,532 across 51 hospitalsWI$14,532Michigan: median $13,865 across 59 hospitalsMI$13,865New York: median $13,784 across 67 hospitalsNY$13,784Massachusetts: median $15,829 across 24 hospitalsMA$15,829Oregon: median $19,500 across 26 hospitalsOR$19,500Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $24,285 across 21 hospitalsIA$24,285Indiana: median $12,171 across 17 hospitalsIN$12,171Ohio: median $14,531 across 57 hospitalsOH$14,531Pennsylvania: median $18,634 across 76 hospitalsPA$18,634New Jersey: median $12,394 across 52 hospitalsNJ$12,394Connecticut: median $15,869 across 15 hospitalsCT$15,869Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $17,885 across 100 hospitalsCA$17,885Utah: median $19,471 across 26 hospitalsUT$19,471Colorado: median $10,499 across 34 hospitalsCO$10,499Nebraska: median $12,006 across 17 hospitalsNE$12,006Missouri: median $12,100 across 42 hospitalsMO$12,100Kentucky: median $16,644 across 11 hospitalsKY$16,644West Virginia: median $10,325 across 10 hospitalsWV$10,325Virginia: median $16,843 across 31 hospitalsVA$16,843Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,994 across 32 hospitalsAZ$7,994New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $10,457 across 11 hospitalsKS$10,457Arkansas: median $5,138 across 17 hospitalsAR$5,138Tennessee: median $10,915 across 38 hospitalsTN$10,915North Carolina: median $16,426 across 40 hospitalsNC$16,426South Carolina: median $25,956 across 23 hospitalsSC$25,956Oklahoma: median $13,839 across 28 hospitalsOK$13,839Louisiana: median $13,302 across 33 hospitalsLA$13,302Mississippi: median $9,908 across 27 hospitalsMS$9,908Alabama: median $32,886 across 19 hospitalsAL$32,886Georgia: median $10,783 across 55 hospitalsGA$10,783Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $16,352 across 113 hospitalsTX$16,352Florida: median $19,236 across 87 hospitalsFL$19,236
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $15,253. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Alabama AL19$32,886+116%$11,013 – $75,781
South Carolina SC23$25,956+70%$19,512 – $25,956
Iowa IA21$24,285+59%$15,224 – $27,509
Oregon OR26$19,500+28%$1,459 – $28,840
Utah UT26$19,471+28%$19,471 – $22,907
Florida FL87$19,236+26%$12,872 – $28,101
Pennsylvania PA76$18,634+22%$9,355 – $44,351
California CA100$17,885+17%$7,970 – $37,481
Washington WA19$17,150+12%$10,235 – $31,919
Virginia VA31$16,843+10%$11,997 – $26,879
Kentucky KY11$16,644+9%$10,698 – $26,727
Minnesota MN28$16,618+9%$12,280 – $22,685
North Carolina NC40$16,426+8%$7,814 – $19,039
Texas TX113$16,352+7%$9,181 – $25,228
Illinois IL66$16,149+6%$7,395 – $33,753
Connecticut CT15$15,869+4%$8,783 – $21,050
Massachusetts MA24$15,829+4%$7,350 – $24,519
Wisconsin WI51$14,532−5%$10,005 – $19,601
Ohio OH57$14,531−5%$9,300 – $17,895
Michigan MI59$13,865−9%$1,109 – $22,223
Oklahoma OK28$13,839−9%$838 – $22,763
New York NY67$13,784−10%$7,359 – $15,300
Louisiana LA33$13,302−13%$7,519 – $25,466
New Jersey NJ52$12,394−19%$4,627 – $14,877
Indiana IN17$12,171−20%$8,382 – $27,333
Missouri MO42$12,100−21%$8,004 – $31,782
Nebraska NE17$12,006−21%$10,759 – $18,231
Tennessee TN38$10,915−28%$4,121 – $18,177
Georgia GA55$10,783−29%$8,687 – $19,386
Colorado CO34$10,499−31%$9,858 – $23,056
Kansas KS11$10,457−31%$9,408 – $24,068
West Virginia WV10$10,325−32%$1,854 – $27,157
Mississippi MS27$9,908−35%$5,055 – $16,862
Arizona AZ32$7,994−48%$5,460 – $16,875
Arkansas AR17$5,138−66%$4,794 – $12,200
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $15,253.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,325$15,095$8,140 – $26,205
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access93$16,862$10,005 – $21,396
Ownership
For-profit185$18,198$9,907 – $37,752
Government174$13,161$6,964 – $19,386
Non-profit1,072$15,406$8,140 – $25,806
System affiliation
Part of a system1,252$15,383$8,687 – $25,956
Independent187$14,877$6,453 – $25,466

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$28,190
Median cash price$15,253
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,056 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $15,829 and the average of the middle 60% is $16,108; most fall between $8,597 and $25,228.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,056 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
$5,075$9,617$15,829$22,907$35,698

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5,075 vs $35,698).

Of the 1,160 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,056 gave a usable cash price; 50 carried a plausibility flag, 3 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,439 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (36%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,568 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,439
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here65
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded56
Hospitals that filed this code1,568

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.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Revsc Opn/Prq Fem/Pop W/Stnt/Angiop Sm Vsl.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Stent in a thigh or knee artery (CPT 37226) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37226-stent-in-a-thigh-or-knee-artery