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Plaque removal in a lower leg artery, first artery

CPT 37229the billing code this page is about

Catheter-based removal of plaque, with or without balloon widening, in a tibial or peroneal artery below the knee; covers the first such artery treated in one leg.

Hospitals typically charge $16,885 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,323 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $17,520. Most fall between $9,089 and $30,469 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,323
States
49
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 1,323 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
$5,419$10,175$16,885$26,998$43,660

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5,419 vs $43,660).

How the prices are spread

$2,422 – $3,309: 17 hospitals$2,422$3,309 – $4,521: 21 hospitals$4,521 – $6,177: 53 hospitals$4,521$6,177 – $8,440: 92 hospitals$8,440 – $11,531: 146 hospitals$8,440$11,531 – $15,754: 225 hospitals$15,754 – $21,524: 235 hospitals$15,754$21,524 – $29,407: 196 hospitals$29,407 – $40,177: 115 hospitals$29,407$40,177 – $54,892: 92 hospitals$40,177median $16,885price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,192 of 1,323 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,422$3,30917
$3,309$4,52121
$4,521$6,17753
$6,177$8,44092
$8,440$11,531146
$11,531$15,754225
$15,754$21,524235
$21,524$29,407196
$29,407$40,177115
$40,177$54,89292

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $16,885.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital 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 $19,501 across 17 hospitalsWA$19,501Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $19,050 across 28 hospitalsMN$19,050Illinois: median $16,885 across 59 hospitalsIL$16,885Wisconsin: median $13,155 across 48 hospitalsWI$13,155Michigan: median $15,552 across 48 hospitalsMI$15,552New York: median $21,249 across 53 hospitalsNY$21,249Massachusetts: median $23,804 across 19 hospitalsMA$23,804Oregon: median $20,691 across 28 hospitalsOR$20,691Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $24,292 across 21 hospitalsIA$24,292Indiana: median $12,923 across 19 hospitalsIN$12,923Ohio: median $14,459 across 52 hospitalsOH$14,459Pennsylvania: median $25,239 across 66 hospitalsPA$25,239New Jersey: median $19,876 across 51 hospitalsNJ$19,876Connecticut: median $17,092 across 11 hospitalsCT$17,092Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $22,494 across 93 hospitalsCA$22,494Utah: median $42,253 across 26 hospitalsUT$42,253Colorado: median $14,428 across 33 hospitalsCO$14,428Nebraska: median $9,942 across 16 hospitalsNE$9,942Missouri: median $16,012 across 35 hospitalsMO$16,012Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $13,047 across 26 hospitalsVA$13,047Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $8,649 across 30 hospitalsAZ$8,649New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $16,558 across 11 hospitalsKS$16,558Arkansas: median $7,872 across 13 hospitalsAR$7,872Tennessee: median $8,118 across 36 hospitalsTN$8,118North Carolina: median $13,490 across 36 hospitalsNC$13,490South Carolina: median $17,297 across 21 hospitalsSC$17,297Oklahoma: median $9,663 across 28 hospitalsOK$9,663Louisiana: median $13,302 across 35 hospitalsLA$13,302Mississippi: median $9,666 across 27 hospitalsMS$9,666Alabama: median $17,543 across 18 hospitalsAL$17,543Georgia: median $11,152 across 54 hospitalsGA$11,152Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $17,569 across 111 hospitalsTX$17,569Florida: median $26,805 across 85 hospitalsFL$26,805
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $16,885. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT26$42,253+150%$42,253 – $49,710
Florida FL85$26,805+59%$16,402 – $37,253
Pennsylvania PA66$25,239+49%$12,500 – $63,760
Iowa IA21$24,292+44%$19,723 – $26,749
Massachusetts MA19$23,804+41%$11,393 – $41,576
California CA93$22,494+33%$11,657 – $47,354
New York NY53$21,249+26%$7,359 – $27,624
Oregon OR28$20,691+23%$1,967 – $28,839
New Jersey NJ51$19,876+18%$4,881 – $23,399
Washington WA17$19,501+15%$16,098 – $28,149
Minnesota MN28$19,050+13%$13,830 – $22,627
Texas TX111$17,569+4%$8,765 – $29,489
Alabama AL18$17,543+4%$11,013 – $43,660
South Carolina SC21$17,297+2%$17,297 – $19,635
Connecticut CT11$17,092+1%$13,309 – $32,898
Illinois IL59$16,8850%$8,870 – $43,352
Kansas KS11$16,558−2%$9,566 – $21,708
Missouri MO35$16,012−5%$12,739 – $31,332
Michigan MI48$15,552−8%$1,576 – $29,287
Ohio OH52$14,459−14%$11,128 – $27,136
Colorado CO33$14,428−15%$9,866 – $16,968
North Carolina NC36$13,490−20%$11,769 – $18,414
Louisiana LA35$13,302−21%$7,434 – $17,174
Wisconsin WI48$13,155−22%$11,391 – $19,366
Virginia VA26$13,047−23%$9,755 – $22,696
Indiana IN19$12,923−23%$9,248 – $23,240
Georgia GA54$11,152−34%$7,703 – $17,542
Nebraska NE16$9,942−41%$6,773 – $15,682
Mississippi MS27$9,666−43%$6,049 – $14,780
Oklahoma OK28$9,663−43%$1,121 – $20,197
Arizona AZ30$8,649−49%$6,459 – $17,605
Tennessee TN36$8,118−52%$4,569 – $11,359
Arkansas AR13$7,872−53%$2,654 – $15,601
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not 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 RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $16,885.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,216$17,078$9,080 – $30,676
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access91$15,068$9,248 – $27,583
Ownership
For-profit167$19,635$11,940 – $43,660
Government169$13,939$7,561 – $22,069
Non-profit981$16,802$9,107 – $29,491
System affiliation
Part of a system1,156$16,885$9,107 – $30,676
Independent167$16,853$7,837 – $29,222

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$29,489
Median cash price$16,885
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

994 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $16,425 and the average of the middle 60% is $17,402; most fall between $9,107 and $28,839.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 994 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
$5,631$9,942$16,425$26,879$42,253

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5,631 vs $42,253).

Of the 1,089 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 994 gave a usable cash price; 42 carried a plausibility flag, 3 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 50 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,323 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,439 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,323
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded55
Hospitals that filed this code1,439

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 Tib/Pero W/Athrc/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, “Plaque removal in a lower leg artery, first artery (CPT 37229) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37229-plaque-removal-in-a-lower-leg-artery-first-artery