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Clearing Plaque From A Neck Artery

Utah rates for HCPCS 35301

Opens an artery in the neck through an incision and scrapes out the fatty, hardened plaque that has built up inside the vessel wall, then closes the artery, often widening it with a patch. Clearing the blockage restores blood flow toward the brain and arm and lowers the risk of stroke.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Clearing Plaque From A Neck Artery cost?

$4,536

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,175 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,660 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $575 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,399
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $1,585

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,162.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Utah· 19th of 51

$4,536

$1,585 physician + $2,951 facility

ME $15,747MD $1,911

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.