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Synthetic Graft From The Aorta To A Neck Artery

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 35626

Routes blood from the aorta in the chest to one of the large branches running up toward the arm, neck, and head, using a man-made tube as the new channel. It is used when the origin of one of those branches is blocked or narrowed, leaving the arm or the brain short of blood. The chest is opened to reach the aorta.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Synthetic Graft From The Aorta To A Neck Artery cost?

$4,639

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,639 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$3,090$2,630 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,512Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,981
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $3,090

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Alabama 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

North Dakota· 23rd of 51

$4,639

$3,090 physician + $1,549 facility

AL $19,120MD $2,341

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.