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Open Aortic Repair After Failed Stent Graft

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 34831

Open surgery through the abdomen to repair an aneurysm or tear of the main artery below the kidneys after a previous stent-graft repair has failed. A fabric tube that divides into two branches is sewn in, one branch running to each of the arteries in the pelvis, and any damage to nearby arteries is repaired at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Aortic Repair After Failed Stent Graft cost?

$3,709

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,709 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$2,754$2,291 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$550 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $2,754

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
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,467.37
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.7 times more in Alabama than in Washington. 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

Louisiana· 41st of 51

$3,709

$2,754 physician + $955 facility

AL $19,553WA $2,537

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.