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Open Aortic Graft Repair After Failed Stent

Iowa rates for HCPCS 34832

Open surgery to replace a weakened, bulging section of the main artery in the abdomen with a fabric graft, carried out after an earlier catheter-based stent graft repair has failed. The surgeon opens the abdomen to reach the artery directly, and also repairs any damage to nearby arteries. It is a considerably bigger operation than the catheter-based repair it replaces.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,951$2,455 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,074 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $10,000
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,951

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
$2,754.23
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$3,802

CA $10,233WV $2,089

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.