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Leg artery opened with shock wave plaque treatment

HCPCS C9764the billing code this page is about

Catheter procedure on a leg artery that uses sound-wave energy to break up hardened plaque, including any balloon widening of the same artery at the same time.

Hospitals typically charge $12,491 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 226 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $13,152. Most fall between $8,336 and $19,651 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
226
States
37
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 226 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
$5,651$9,063$12,491$16,875$26,538

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5,651 vs $26,538).

How the prices are spread

$5,138 – $6,469: 23 hospitals$5,138$6,469 – $8,143: 9 hospitals$8,143 – $10,252: 33 hospitals$8,143$10,252 – $12,906: 51 hospitals$12,906 – $16,248: 31 hospitals$12,906$16,248 – $20,456: 32 hospitals$20,456 – $25,752: 13 hospitals$20,456$25,752 – $32,420: 3 hospitals$32,420 – $40,814: 5 hospitals$32,420$40,814 – $51,383: 4 hospitals$40,814median $12,491price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (204 of 226 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$5,138$6,46923
$6,469$8,1439
$8,143$10,25233
$10,252$12,90651
$12,906$16,24831
$16,248$20,45632
$20,456$25,75213
$25,752$32,4203
$32,420$40,8145
$40,814$51,3834

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$11,794
Median cash price$12,491
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

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 $12,491.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $11,701 across 21 hospitalsIN$11,701Ohio: median $12,583 across 12 hospitalsOH$12,583Pennsylvania: median $76,734 across 13 hospitalsPA$76,734New Jersey: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: median $15,779 across 22 hospitalsUT$15,779Colorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $12,491 across 30 hospitalsTX$12,491Florida: median $9,663 across 17 hospitalsFL$9,663
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $12,491. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA13$76,734+514%$10,998 – $78,213
Utah UT22$15,779+26%$15,779 – $19,651
Ohio OH12$12,583+1%$10,635 – $14,073
Texas TX30$12,4910%$12,425 – $16,875
Indiana IN21$11,701−6%$9,063 – $12,890
Florida FL17$9,663−23%$9,029 – $9,663
Michigan MI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $12,491.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care203$12,484$8,065 – $19,651
Children’s1fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access21$12,890$11,589 – $15,779
Ownership
For-profit20$12,491$9,063 – $16,875
Government22$9,029$5,651 – $12,784
Non-profit183$12,491$8,336 – $19,651
System affiliation
Part of a system208$12,491$8,336 – $19,651
Independent18fewer than 20 hospitals

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$21,039
Median cash price$12,491
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

196 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $12,425 and the average of the middle 60% is $12,523; most fall between $8,063 and $17,540.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 196 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
$5,621$9,029$12,425$16,875$25,635

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5,621 vs $25,635).

Of the 205 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 196 gave a usable cash price; 1 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

226 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 237 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted226
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here3
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code237

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 5, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hp C9764 Open/Perc Lower Ext Artery Invas Litho/Pta.

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, “Leg artery opened with shock wave plaque treatment (CPT C9764) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-c9764-leg-artery-opened-with-shock-wave-plaque-treatment