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Vein Bypass Around A Blocked Artery In The Upper Body

Rhode Island 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?

$2,824

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,824 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,288 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,622

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 40th of 51

$2,824

$1,622 physician + $1,202 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.