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

Balloon widening of a vein, first vein

CPT 37248the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $7,816 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,832 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $8,332. Most fall between $4,373 and $13,717 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,832
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 1,832 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
$2,648$5,207$7,816$12,535$18,986

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,648 vs $18,986).

How the prices are spread

$1,513 – $1,992: 40 hospitals$1,513$1,992 – $2,622: 44 hospitals$2,622 – $3,452: 81 hospitals$2,622$3,452 – $4,545: 127 hospitals$4,545 – $5,983: 205 hospitals$4,545$5,983 – $7,876: 341 hospitals$7,876 – $10,369: 280 hospitals$7,876$10,369 – $13,650: 247 hospitals$13,650 – $17,970: 147 hospitals$13,650$17,970 – $23,656: 138 hospitals$17,970median $7,816price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,650 of 1,832 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,513$1,99240
$1,992$2,62244
$2,622$3,45281
$3,452$4,545127
$4,545$5,983205
$5,983$7,876341
$7,876$10,369280
$10,369$13,650247
$13,650$17,970147
$17,970$23,656138

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,815
Median cash price$7,816
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.34×

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 $7,816.

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: 1 hospital 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 11 hospitalsID$11,004Montana: median $2,295 across 10 hospitalsMT$2,295North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,879 across 37 hospitalsMN$6,879Illinois: median $7,267 across 78 hospitalsIL$7,267Wisconsin: median $6,585 across 61 hospitalsWI$6,585Michigan: median $6,436 across 54 hospitalsMI$6,436New York: median $7,105 across 68 hospitalsNY$7,105Massachusetts: median $11,989 across 33 hospitalsMA$11,989Oregon: median $9,250 across 30 hospitalsOR$9,250Nevada: median $6,007 across 10 hospitalsNV$6,007Wyoming: 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 $8,751 across 21 hospitalsIA$8,751Indiana: median $9,499 across 48 hospitalsIN$9,499Ohio: median $7,709 across 102 hospitalsOH$7,709Pennsylvania: median $10,303 across 94 hospitalsPA$10,303New Jersey: median $6,316 across 56 hospitalsNJ$6,316Connecticut: median $7,812 across 16 hospitalsCT$7,812Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,243 across 148 hospitalsCA$11,243Utah: median $8,366 across 26 hospitalsUT$8,366Colorado: median $10,330 across 35 hospitalsCO$10,330Nebraska: median $5,852 across 18 hospitalsNE$5,852Missouri: median $5,672 across 49 hospitalsMO$5,672Kentucky: median $7,439 across 16 hospitalsKY$7,439West Virginia: median $5,579 across 12 hospitalsWV$5,579Virginia: median $6,648 across 43 hospitalsVA$6,648Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,989 across 34 hospitalsAZ$5,989New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $5,362 across 16 hospitalsKS$5,362Arkansas: median $3,795 across 19 hospitalsAR$3,795Tennessee: median $2,949 across 38 hospitalsTN$2,949North Carolina: median $7,613 across 47 hospitalsNC$7,613South Carolina: median $12,825 across 36 hospitalsSC$12,825Oklahoma: median $5,479 across 32 hospitalsOK$5,479Louisiana: median $4,560 across 38 hospitalsLA$4,560Mississippi: median $4,602 across 26 hospitalsMS$4,602Alabama: median $9,366 across 25 hospitalsAL$9,366Georgia: median $7,233 across 65 hospitalsGA$7,233Hawaii: median $5,318 across 10 hospitalsHI$5,318Texas: median $10,334 across 162 hospitalsTX$10,334Florida: median $12,932 across 100 hospitalsFL$12,932
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $7,816. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL100$12,932+65%$6,692 – $18,835
South Carolina SC36$12,825+64%$7,104 – $13,016
Massachusetts MA33$11,989+53%$5,513 – $17,903
California CA148$11,243+44%$6,135 – $22,513
Idaho ID11$11,004+41%$10,269 – $11,850
Texas TX162$10,334+32%$4,713 – $16,396
Colorado CO35$10,330+32%$5,183 – $15,751
Pennsylvania PA94$10,303+32%$5,818 – $14,528
Indiana IN48$9,499+22%$5,202 – $13,763
Alabama AL25$9,366+20%$6,706 – $28,858
Oregon OR30$9,250+18%$851 – $15,613
Iowa IA21$8,751+12%$3,675 – $10,529
Utah UT26$8,366+7%$8,366 – $9,843
Connecticut CT16$7,8120%$5,362 – $15,285
Washington WA42$7,757−1%$3,998 – $14,393
Ohio OH102$7,709−1%$6,194 – $14,268
North Carolina NC47$7,613−3%$3,865 – $8,766
Kentucky KY16$7,439−5%$4,140 – $22,894
Illinois IL78$7,267−7%$3,000 – $13,002
Georgia GA65$7,233−7%$5,350 – $9,147
New York NY68$7,105−9%$5,085 – $12,648
Minnesota MN37$6,879−12%$5,887 – $11,852
Virginia VA43$6,648−15%$3,375 – $9,558
Wisconsin WI61$6,585−16%$5,191 – $10,976
Michigan MI54$6,436−18%$5,489 – $16,331
New Jersey NJ56$6,316−19%$4,500 – $8,935
Nevada NV10$6,007−23%$4,261 – $7,070
Arizona AZ34$5,989−23%$3,917 – $16,070
Nebraska NE18$5,852−25%$2,518 – $8,552
Missouri MO49$5,672−27%$2,805 – $11,050
West Virginia WV12$5,579−29%$4,822 – $12,537
Oklahoma OK32$5,479−30%$2,849 – $7,638
Kansas KS16$5,362−31%$3,659 – $10,759
Hawaii HI10$5,318−32%$1,513 – $8,112
Mississippi MS26$4,602−41%$3,278 – $6,042
Louisiana LA38$4,560−42%$3,451 – $7,522
Arkansas AR19$3,795−51%$1,671 – $7,455
Tennessee TN38$2,949−62%$1,845 – $6,269
Montana MT10$2,295−71%$2,295 – $5,331
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 MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not 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 $7,816.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,638$7,816$4,516 – $14,018
Children’s44$8,335$3,998 – $18,522
Critical access141$7,474$2,321 – $12,529
Ownership
For-profit221$10,104$5,350 – $19,627
Government223$6,972$2,949 – $11,385
Non-profit1,379$7,757$4,377 – $13,295
System affiliation
Part of a system1,590$7,850$4,579 – $13,709
Independent242$7,476$3,334 – $13,848

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$14,245
Median cash price$7,816
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

1,393 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $8,366 and the average of the middle 60% is $8,650; most fall between $4,567 and $13,690.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,393 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
$2,933$5,350$8,366$12,648$18,785

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,933 vs $18,785).

Of the 1,523 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,393 gave a usable cash price; 62 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 67 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,832 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 2,005 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,832
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here97
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded73
Hospitals that filed this code2,005

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 W/Img S&I 1st Vein.

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 a vein, first vein (CPT 37248) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-37248-balloon-widening-of-a-vein-first-vein