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Vein Bypass, Upper Arm To Forearm Artery

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 35523

Restores blood flow to the forearm and hand by rerouting blood around a blocked or damaged artery. A length of the patient's own vein is taken and connected from the main artery in the upper arm to an artery in the forearm, so blood can bypass the diseased segment. It is done through open incisions in the arm.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vein Bypass, Upper Arm To Forearm Artery cost?

$3,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$933 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$741 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,344
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,072

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
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 7.9 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

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$3,067

$1,072 physician + $1,995 facility

ME $15,945MD $2,008

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.