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Repair Of An Artery-To-Vein Connection In The Neck

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 35188

Surgery to close an abnormal direct connection between an artery and a vein in the head or neck that developed later in life, most often after an injury or a medical procedure. The two vessels are separated and repaired so blood follows its normal path again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of An Artery-To-Vein Connection In The Neck cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 5 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$1,778$1,514 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,778 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,778

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$2,344

CA $7,586VT $1,023

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.