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Plaque Removal From Another Lower Leg Artery

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 35306

Surgical clearing of fatty plaque from a further artery in the lower leg during the same operation, restoring blood flow toward the foot. A patch may be sewn into the vessel wall to keep it open. It is billed in addition to the first artery treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Plaque Removal From Another Lower Leg Artery cost?

$1,441

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$468 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$603 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,710Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $389 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $891professional $550

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
$602.56
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.4 times more in Maine than in Delaware. 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,441

$550 physician + $891 facility

ME $15,115DE $1,050

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.