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Stent Graft Repair Of Aorta With Branch Openings

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 34848

Repairs a weakened, ballooned section of the aorta from the inside, using a fabric-covered metal graft threaded up through blood vessels reached at the groin. The graft is custom-made with openings that line up with the arteries feeding the abdominal organs so their blood supply is kept, and it lines a stretch of the aorta reaching down into the lower abdomen. No large abdominal incision is needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stent Graft Repair Of Aorta With Branch Openings cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 6 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$2,399$2,188 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$2,042 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $2,399

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
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$2,399

CA $13,183RI $1,122

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.