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Moving A Working Vein Valve Into A Deep Leg Vein

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 34510

Surgery that moves a vein segment containing a healthy one-way valve into a deep leg vein whose own valves have failed. Restoring a working valve stops blood draining backwards and pooling in the lower leg.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Moving A Working Vein Valve Into A Deep Leg Vein cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$1,202 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,090 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,479

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
$676.08
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$2,344

WI $4,677TX $912

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.