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Emergency Stent Graft, Aorta To Both Pelvic Arteries

Alabama rates for HCPCS 34706

Emergency repair of a burst main abdominal artery from the inside, using a fabric-lined metal sleeve threaded up through the groin arteries. The sleeve has a main body sitting in the aorta and two limbs running down into the large pelvic artery on each side, sealing the tear and restoring flow to both legs. It is a life-saving alternative to opening the abdomen.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Emergency Stent Graft, Aorta To Both Pelvic Arteries cost?

$10,853

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,090$2,455 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$955 to $26,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $550 to $26,303Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $3,090

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
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,388.44
5 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
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 19.3 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 8th of 51

$10,853

$3,090 physician + $7,762 facility

ME $54,522WA $2,820

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.