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Vein Bypass Around A Blocked Artery In The Upper Body

Montana rates for HCPCS 35522

A bypass that reroutes blood around a blocked or narrowed artery in the region running from the upper chest through the shoulder into the arm. A length of the patient's own vein is sewn in between two healthy points on either side of the blockage so blood flows past it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vein Bypass Around A Blocked Artery In The Upper Body cost?

$3,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,175 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,778 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $1,995Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,820professional $1,660

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Montana 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

Montana· 25th of 51

$3,479

$1,660 physician + $1,820 facility

ME $15,863MD $1,943

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.