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Stent Placement in a Vertebral Artery

California rates for HCPCS 0075T

A stent is placed in a vertebral artery in the neck — one of the vessels carrying blood up to the back of the brain — to hold a narrowed segment open. The device is delivered along a catheter under X-ray guidance, and the imaging supervision and interpretation are part of the service. This covers the first vessel treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stent Placement in a Vertebral Artery cost?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$550 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,072 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $676 to $151,356Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $407 to $9,333
$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,548professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,380.38
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where California sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 33rd of 51

$1,318

WI $5,248KY $741

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.