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Stent Placement in a Vertebral Artery

North Carolina 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 5 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$1,122$1,122 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,122 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,122

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$1,122

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.