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Arm Artery Bypass Using A Vein Graft

South Carolina 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?

$2,410

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,410 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$1,288$955 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$603 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,905
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,122professional $1,288

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
$1,548.82
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$2,410

$1,288 physician + $1,122 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.