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

Balloon widening of an artery other than a leg artery

CPT 37246the billing code this page is about

A balloon on a catheter is inflated to open a narrowed artery, including the catheter work and imaging guidance; this charge covers the first artery treated.

Hospitals typically charge $8,051 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,818 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,481. Most fall between $4,604 and $14,293 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,818
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 1,818 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
$2,796$5,305$8,051$12,715$19,996

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,796 vs $19,996).

How the prices are spread

$1,555 – $2,057: 45 hospitals$1,555$2,057 – $2,721: 45 hospitals$2,721 – $3,599: 75 hospitals$2,721$3,599 – $4,760: 120 hospitals$4,760 – $6,296: 245 hospitals$4,760$6,296 – $8,328: 335 hospitals$8,328 – $11,015: 295 hospitals$8,328$11,015 – $14,570: 221 hospitals$14,570 – $19,272: 149 hospitals$14,570$19,272 – $25,491: 111 hospitals$19,272median $8,051price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,641 of 1,818 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,555$2,05745
$2,057$2,72145
$2,721$3,59975
$3,599$4,760120
$4,760$6,296245
$6,296$8,328335
$8,328$11,015295
$11,015$14,570221
$14,570$19,272149
$19,272$25,491111

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,815
Median cash price$8,051
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.38×

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 $8,051.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $7,757 across 42 hospitalsWA$7,757Idaho: median $11,004 across 12 hospitalsID$11,004Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,802 across 35 hospitalsMN$8,802Illinois: median $8,900 across 75 hospitalsIL$8,900Wisconsin: median $8,406 across 61 hospitalsWI$8,406Michigan: median $6,600 across 64 hospitalsMI$6,600New York: median $6,756 across 65 hospitalsNY$6,756Massachusetts: median $9,030 across 29 hospitalsMA$9,030Oregon: median $9,250 across 30 hospitalsOR$9,250Nevada: median $6,190 across 10 hospitalsNV$6,190Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $9,654 across 21 hospitalsIA$9,654Indiana: median $5,992 across 49 hospitalsIN$5,992Ohio: median $7,986 across 102 hospitalsOH$7,986Pennsylvania: median $9,923 across 91 hospitalsPA$9,923New Jersey: median $6,600 across 54 hospitalsNJ$6,600Connecticut: median $6,891 across 13 hospitalsCT$6,891Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,751 across 149 hospitalsCA$11,751Utah: median $6,905 across 26 hospitalsUT$6,905Colorado: median $7,065 across 35 hospitalsCO$7,065Nebraska: median $3,802 across 19 hospitalsNE$3,802Missouri: median $5,672 across 48 hospitalsMO$5,672Kentucky: median $6,836 across 20 hospitalsKY$6,836West Virginia: median $7,483 across 13 hospitalsWV$7,483Virginia: median $6,648 across 43 hospitalsVA$6,648Maryland: 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 $5,629 across 28 hospitalsAZ$5,629New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $7,209 across 19 hospitalsKS$7,209Arkansas: median $5,824 across 16 hospitalsAR$5,824Tennessee: median $2,949 across 36 hospitalsTN$2,949North Carolina: median $7,915 across 48 hospitalsNC$7,915South Carolina: median $10,915 across 38 hospitalsSC$10,915Oklahoma: median $6,386 across 33 hospitalsOK$6,386Louisiana: median $5,521 across 39 hospitalsLA$5,521Mississippi: median $4,681 across 25 hospitalsMS$4,681Alabama: median $9,245 across 25 hospitalsAL$9,245Georgia: median $7,233 across 62 hospitalsGA$7,233Hawaii: median $5,727 across 10 hospitalsHI$5,727Texas: median $10,103 across 159 hospitalsTX$10,103Florida: median $10,520 across 99 hospitalsFL$10,520
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $8,051. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA149$11,751+46%$6,222 – $19,201
Idaho ID12$11,004+37%$8,655 – $11,912
South Carolina SC38$10,915+36%$6,738 – $13,848
Florida FL99$10,520+31%$6,040 – $18,835
Texas TX159$10,103+25%$5,514 – $18,665
Pennsylvania PA91$9,923+23%$5,818 – $20,797
Iowa IA21$9,654+20%$4,983 – $11,055
Oregon OR30$9,250+15%$986 – $15,024
Alabama AL25$9,245+15%$5,738 – $33,073
Massachusetts MA29$9,030+12%$5,920 – $17,704
Illinois IL75$8,900+11%$3,000 – $13,002
Minnesota MN35$8,802+9%$5,922 – $10,946
Wisconsin WI61$8,406+4%$5,191 – $15,344
Ohio OH102$7,986−1%$6,724 – $14,633
North Carolina NC48$7,915−2%$5,313 – $9,075
Washington WA42$7,757−4%$3,998 – $17,116
West Virginia WV13$7,483−7%$4,377 – $11,092
Georgia GA62$7,233−10%$5,342 – $10,281
Kansas KS19$7,209−10%$3,360 – $19,117
Colorado CO35$7,065−12%$5,532 – $15,963
Utah UT26$6,905−14%$6,905 – $8,123
Connecticut CT13$6,891−14%$4,496 – $16,853
Kentucky KY20$6,836−15%$1,873 – $18,073
New York NY65$6,756−16%$4,265 – $12,693
Virginia VA43$6,648−17%$3,375 – $9,558
Michigan MI64$6,600−18%$3,436 – $14,285
New Jersey NJ54$6,600−18%$4,588 – $7,816
Oklahoma OK33$6,386−21%$2,889 – $10,264
Nevada NV10$6,190−23%$4,261 – $7,997
Indiana IN49$5,992−26%$3,741 – $14,431
Arkansas AR16$5,824−28%$1,671 – $7,761
Hawaii HI10$5,727−29%$2,027 – $7,485
Missouri MO48$5,672−30%$4,414 – $10,053
Arizona AZ28$5,629−30%$4,116 – $18,027
Louisiana LA39$5,521−31%$3,460 – $8,703
Mississippi MS25$4,681−42%$2,971 – $6,581
Nebraska NE19$3,802−53%$2,605 – $8,237
Tennessee TN36$2,949−63%$1,408 – $6,269
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $8,051.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,629$8,123$4,800 – $14,512
Children’s44$8,921$3,998 – $20,797
Critical access136$7,261$3,097 – $11,427
Ownership
For-profit220$10,074$5,342 – $21,599
Government224$6,995$3,864 – $11,972
Non-profit1,365$8,045$4,671 – $13,481
System affiliation
Part of a system1,576$8,135$4,945 – $14,268
Independent242$7,364$3,624 – $14,358

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$15,022
Median cash price$8,051
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

1,381 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $8,406 and the average of the middle 60% is $8,720; most fall between $4,957 and $13,927.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,381 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
$2,949$5,514$8,406$12,715$18,862

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,949 vs $18,862).

Of the 1,497 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,381 gave a usable cash price; 55 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 60 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,818 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,980 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,818
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here87
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded70
Hospitals that filed this code1,980

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 Trlml Balo Angiop Open/Perq Img S&I 1st Art.

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, “Balloon widening of an artery other than a leg artery (CPT 37246) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37246-balloon-widening-of-an-artery-other-than-a-leg-artery