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Shoulder Artery Exposure With Graft Conduit

Maryland rates for HCPCS 34716

Opens the skin near the collarbone or armpit to reach the large artery there and stitches a short length of graft tubing onto it, creating a temporary channel wide enough to pass stent graft equipment or to connect a heart-lung machine. It is used when the arteries in the groin are too small or too diseased to serve as the access route. It covers one side.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shoulder Artery Exposure With Graft Conduit cost?

$407

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $339 to $525.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $76 to $741Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $339 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $209professional $407

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
5 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
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$407

AK $1,479NY $380

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.