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Open Aortic Graft Repair After Failed Stent

Kentucky 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 October 2026.

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

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,344$1,995 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$603 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,715
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $2,344

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
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Kentucky· 34th of 51

$2,291

AK $7,413TX $1,445

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.