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Open Groin Exposure For Aortic Stent-Graft Delivery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 34812

Covers making an incision in the groin and surgically exposing the femoral artery so that an aortic stent graft can be delivered through it, then repairing the artery and closing the wound. This route is chosen when the artery is small, heavily diseased, or otherwise unsuitable for entry by needle puncture. It applies to one side and is billed in addition to the main aortic repair.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Groin Exposure For Aortic Stent-Graft Delivery cost?

$5,343

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$224 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,820 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $389 to $13,490Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $182 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $331

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 11.6 times more in California than in Oregon. 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 $9,339OR $805

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.