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Arm Artery Bypass Using A Vein Graft

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 35525

Restores blood flow in the arm by sewing a length of the patient's own vein into place so blood can travel around a blocked or damaged segment of the main arm artery. It is done to relieve arm pain, coldness, numbness, or slow-healing wounds caused by poor circulation. Using the patient's own vein makes a durable, living bridge.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Arm Artery Bypass Using A Vein Graft cost?

$3,127

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,349$1,148 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$759 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,188
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $1,349

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 28th of 51

$3,127

$1,349 physician + $1,778 facility

ME $15,747MD $1,911

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.