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Balloon Widening Of The Aorta Through The Skin

California rates for HCPCS 35472

Widening of a narrowed segment of the aorta, the body's main artery, by threading a balloon-tipped tube to the narrowing through a needle puncture in a vessel and inflating it. No incision is made to reach the artery; pressure is held over the puncture site afterwards.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of The Aorta Through The Skin cost?

$10,471

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,471 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11,482 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 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$11,482$11,482 to $11,482
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$7,079 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $6,026 to $17,783Professionalmedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $11,482
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $11,482

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where California sits

The same service costs 57.5 times more in Tennessee than in Illinois. 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.

California· 3rd of 33

$10,471

TN $11,482IL $200

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.