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Later Stent Graft Extension After Aortic Repair

Alabama rates for HCPCS 34710

Places an extension piece into an aortic or pelvic stent graft at a separate visit some time after the original repair was completed. It is used when follow-up scanning shows blood leaking around the graft or shows that the graft needs to reach further along the vessel. The extension is delivered from inside the blood vessel through a small access point in the groin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Later Stent Graft Extension After Aortic Repair cost?

$26,775

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26,775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $25,704 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$1,072$871 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$25,704$955 to $26,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25,704 · 10th to 90th $550 to $26,303Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $25,704professional $1,072

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 18.7 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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· 2nd of 51

$26,775

$1,072 physician + $25,704 facility

ME $26,826MD $1,433

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.