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Plaque Removal From Aorta And Pelvic Arteries

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 35361

Opens the blood vessels and scrapes out the fatty, hardened plaque narrowing them, covering the lower main artery of the abdomen together with the pelvic arteries branching from it. Restoring flow through this segment improves circulation to the legs in people with cramping pain on walking or poor healing in the lower limbs. A patch may be sewn over the opened vessel, and the procedure is done through an open incision under general anesthesia.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Plaque Removal From Aorta And Pelvic Arteries cost?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 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$2,042$1,622 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,660 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $2,042

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in California 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.

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$2,042

CA $8,318MD $1,778

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.