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Extra Stent Graft Extension, Each Vessel

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 34709

Adds an extension piece to an aortic or pelvic stent graft so the repair reaches further along the blood vessel, either higher up toward the kidney arteries or further down past the pelvic artery. The extension is delivered from inside the vessel through the same access used for the main repair and locks into the graft already in place. It is billed in addition to the main repair, for each further vessel treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extra Stent Graft Extension, Each Vessel cost?

$1,301

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$347 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$575 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $437 to $9,120Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $282 to $617
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $912professional $389

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
$436.52
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
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
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 30.0 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$1,301

$389 physician + $912 facility

ME $26,760DE $893

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.