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Procedure price report · Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck

Stent placement in a vein, first vein

CPT 37238the billing code this page is about

Catheter-based placement of one or more stents in a vein, including any balloon widening and guiding imaging; this code covers the first vein treated.

Hospitals typically charge $14,025 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,771 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $14,578. Most fall between $7,673 and $24,007 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,771
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 1,771 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
$4,867$8,866$14,025$20,783$33,094

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($4,867 vs $33,094).

How the prices are spread

$3,404 – $4,412: 57 hospitals$3,404$4,412 – $5,718: 79 hospitals$5,718 – $7,412: 117 hospitals$5,718$7,412 – $9,606: 155 hospitals$9,606 – $12,450: 232 hospitals$9,606$12,450 – $16,136: 331 hospitals$16,136 – $20,914: 272 hospitals$16,136$20,914 – $27,106: 163 hospitals$27,106 – $35,131: 130 hospitals$27,106$35,131 – $45,533: 59 hospitals$35,131median $14,025price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,595 of 1,771 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$3,404$4,41257
$4,412$5,71879
$5,718$7,412117
$7,412$9,606155
$9,606$12,450232
$12,450$16,136331
$16,136$20,914272
$20,914$27,106163
$27,106$35,131130
$35,131$45,53359

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$11,794
Median cash price$14,025
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.19×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $14,025.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $11,637 across 39 hospitalsWA$11,637Idaho: median $19,357 across 12 hospitalsID$19,357Montana: median $5,927 across 10 hospitalsMT$5,927North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $14,291 across 34 hospitalsMN$14,291Illinois: median $13,720 across 77 hospitalsIL$13,720Wisconsin: median $13,202 across 59 hospitalsWI$13,202Michigan: median $15,874 across 52 hospitalsMI$15,874New York: median $13,703 across 60 hospitalsNY$13,703Massachusetts: median $14,740 across 27 hospitalsMA$14,740Oregon: median $21,065 across 24 hospitalsOR$21,065Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $24,722 across 10 hospitalsSD$24,722Iowa: median $15,472 across 20 hospitalsIA$15,472Indiana: median $8,535 across 47 hospitalsIN$8,535Ohio: median $15,235 across 99 hospitalsOH$15,235Pennsylvania: median $17,189 across 94 hospitalsPA$17,189New Jersey: median $12,563 across 56 hospitalsNJ$12,563Connecticut: median $12,109 across 13 hospitalsCT$12,109Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $17,048 across 142 hospitalsCA$17,048Utah: median $15,476 across 26 hospitalsUT$15,476Colorado: median $15,620 across 35 hospitalsCO$15,620Nebraska: median $11,052 across 16 hospitalsNE$11,052Missouri: median $10,171 across 49 hospitalsMO$10,171Kentucky: median $22,232 across 26 hospitalsKY$22,232West Virginia: median $11,000 across 13 hospitalsWV$11,000Virginia: median $12,920 across 42 hospitalsVA$12,920Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $11,128 across 28 hospitalsAZ$11,128New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $13,091 across 15 hospitalsKS$13,091Arkansas: median $6,236 across 18 hospitalsAR$6,236Tennessee: median $5,317 across 40 hospitalsTN$5,317North Carolina: median $13,785 across 48 hospitalsNC$13,785South Carolina: median $24,333 across 34 hospitalsSC$24,333Oklahoma: median $6,752 across 31 hospitalsOK$6,752Louisiana: median $13,547 across 37 hospitalsLA$13,547Mississippi: median $9,251 across 26 hospitalsMS$9,251Alabama: median $15,809 across 24 hospitalsAL$15,809Georgia: median $8,687 across 61 hospitalsGA$8,687Hawaii: median $8,687 across 10 hospitalsHI$8,687Texas: median $13,849 across 157 hospitalsTX$13,849Florida: median $23,644 across 101 hospitalsFL$23,644
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $14,025. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD10$24,722+76%$14,254 – $24,722
South Carolina SC34$24,333+73%$8,880 – $25,962
Florida FL101$23,644+69%$10,584 – $38,057
Kentucky KY26$22,232+59%$11,264 – $72,797
Oregon OR24$21,065+50%$13,912 – $26,981
Idaho ID12$19,357+38%$16,000 – $19,614
Pennsylvania PA94$17,189+23%$11,801 – $22,448
California CA142$17,048+22%$10,951 – $32,760
Michigan MI52$15,874+13%$8,802 – $20,001
Alabama AL24$15,809+13%$8,602 – $27,395
Colorado CO35$15,620+11%$8,561 – $19,888
Utah UT26$15,476+10%$15,476 – $18,207
Iowa IA20$15,472+10%$11,052 – $19,257
Ohio OH99$15,235+9%$10,000 – $22,294
Massachusetts MA27$14,740+5%$12,437 – $24,519
Minnesota MN34$14,291+2%$11,683 – $15,823
Texas TX157$13,849−1%$7,583 – $35,508
North Carolina NC48$13,785−2%$7,979 – $19,823
Illinois IL77$13,720−2%$6,625 – $26,498
New York NY60$13,703−2%$9,175 – $24,534
Louisiana LA37$13,547−3%$6,888 – $21,360
Wisconsin WI59$13,202−6%$7,158 – $16,552
Kansas KS15$13,091−7%$3,043 – $17,142
Virginia VA42$12,920−8%$6,983 – $17,338
New Jersey NJ56$12,563−10%$4,881 – $15,132
Connecticut CT13$12,109−14%$10,321 – $22,670
Washington WA39$11,637−17%$9,982 – $21,492
Arizona AZ28$11,128−21%$3,395 – $18,796
Nebraska NE16$11,052−21%$8,038 – $13,440
West Virginia WV13$11,000−22%$4,695 – $25,722
Missouri MO49$10,171−27%$6,382 – $18,700
Mississippi MS26$9,251−34%$7,195 – $13,193
Georgia GA61$8,687−38%$6,312 – $17,414
Hawaii HI10$8,687−38%$3,860 – $11,855
Indiana IN47$8,535−39%$5,470 – $22,826
Oklahoma OK31$6,752−52%$4,100 – $15,042
Arkansas AR18$6,236−56%$3,439 – $13,419
Montana MT10$5,927−58%$5,927 – $16,758
Tennessee TN40$5,317−62%$3,825 – $11,134
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not 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 $14,025.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,585$14,173$7,737 – $24,333
Children’s41$14,233$8,189 – $20,367
Critical access136$13,202$5,927 – $18,664
Ownership
For-profit213$16,654$8,898 – $37,248
Government201$13,420$7,195 – $20,223
Non-profit1,348$13,913$7,652 – $23,644
System affiliation
Part of a system1,545$14,006$7,673 – $24,007
Independent226$14,423$7,583 – $24,610

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$24,534
Median cash price$14,025
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

1,365 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $15,114 and the average of the middle 60% is $15,073; most fall between $8,319 and $24,007.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,365 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
$5,159$9,316$15,114$20,783$32,760

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5,159 vs $32,760).

Of the 1,515 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,365 gave a usable cash price; 79 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 70 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,771 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,985 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,771
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here135
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded75
Hospitals that filed this code1,985

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Open/Perq Placement Intravascular Stent Same 1st.

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 placement in a vein, first vein (CPT 37238) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37238-stent-placement-in-a-vein-first-vein