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Later Stent Graft Extension After Aortic Repair

South 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?

$1,963

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$891$708 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$603 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,333Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,072professional $891

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
$1,071.52
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where South 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$1,963

$891 physician + $1,072 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.