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Stent Placement in a Vertebral Artery

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$1,096$891 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,096

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,570.40
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$1,288

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.