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Later Stent Graft Extension After Aortic Repair

North Carolina 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?

$2,220

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$1,349$1,047 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$575 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $871professional $1,349

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
$776.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
11 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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$2,220

$1,349 physician + $871 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.