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Taking a Vein From the Arm for a Bypass Graft

Oregon rates for HCPCS 35500

A length of vein is removed from the arm through an incision so that it can be used as the graft in a bypass operation on the heart or the leg. It is used when the usual leg vein is too small, diseased, or has already been taken. It is billed in addition to the bypass operation in which the vein is used.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Taking a Vein From the Arm for a Bypass Graft cost?

$1,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$427 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$490 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $355 to $741Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $89 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $617

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 14.4 times more in Alabama 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

Oregon· 19th of 51

$1,205

$617 physician + $589 facility

AL $7,516DE $523

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.