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Later Stent Graft Extension After Aortic Repair

Louisiana 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?

$2,245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$1,148$933 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$589 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $1,148

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
$724.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 38th of 51

$2,245

$1,148 physician + $1,096 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.