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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 July 2026.

How much does Stent Placement in a Vertebral Artery cost?

$10,233

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,233 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,230$724 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$8,511 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $372 to $5,129
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $12,023professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$22,387.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where California sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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· 1st of 51

$10,233

CA $10,233MN $631

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.