Open Shoulder Artery Access For A Stent Graft

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 34715

Surgical exposure of the artery running beneath the collarbone through an incision near the shoulder, so that a stent graft delivery system can be introduced from the upper body rather than the groin. This route is chosen when the arteries in the abdomen and legs are too diseased or too narrow to be used. It covers one side and is charged in addition to the graft placement itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Shoulder Artery Access For A Stent Graft cost?

$4,348

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,348 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

11% physician fee89% facility fee

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 49 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$457	$309 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$3,890	$1,445 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $490 to $12,589Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $537.03 Median $3,090.30 Typical High $9,549.93	Facility	Global	$537.03	$3,090.30	$9,549.93
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,801.89 Median $9,120.11 Typical High $15,848.93	Facility	Global	$3,801.89	$9,120.11	$15,848.93
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $478.63 Median $851.14 Typical High $2,570.40	Facility	Global	$478.63	$851.14	$2,570.40
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $295.12 Median $1,202.26 Typical High $3,715.35	Facility	Global	$295.12	$1,202.26	$3,715.35

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 19.9 times more in California 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

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CA $9,005MD $452

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.