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Surgeon Planning For A Custom Aortic Graft

Iowa rates for HCPCS 34839

Dedicated planning time in which the surgeon studies the patient's own scans to design a made-to-measure stent graft for an aorta whose branches to the kidneys, bowel and liver must stay open. The openings in the graft have to be positioned to line up with each patient's individual branch vessels. It requires a substantial block of concentrated planning time and is done before the operation itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgeon Planning For A Custom Aortic Graft cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 4 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$240$240 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$240 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,413Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $240 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $240

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
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
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Indiana than in Minnesota. 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· 29th of 51

$240

IN $3,090MN $229

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.