Medicare pays $2442 on average nationally for this procedure.

CPT code 37272 describes an intra-procedural atherectomy (plaque removal), with or without angioplasty, performed in an additional straightforward lesion of the femoral/popliteal vascular territory at the same session as an initial femoral or popliteal revascularization; the service includes all access, catheterization, lesion crossing, and imaging guidance and may be performed via open or percutaneous approach, typically provided as an intraoperative/percutaneous vascular intervention in an operating room or interventional suite during the same hospitalization or procedural visit.