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Emergency Stent Graft, Aorta To Both Pelvic Arteries

North Carolina 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?

$5,004

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,004 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$2,951 to $5,495
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $389 to $8,318Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,918
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,202professional $3,802

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
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
10 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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$5,004

$3,802 physician + $1,202 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.