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Bypass Channel Made From Three Or More Vein Pieces

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 35683

Builds the channel used in a bypass operation out of three or more lengths of the patient's own vein, taken from two or more parts of the body and joined end to end. It is needed when no single vein is long enough or healthy enough to span the distance on its own. It applies to bypass surgery anywhere in the body and is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bypass Channel Made From Three Or More Vein Pieces cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$490 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$933 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,365Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $447 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$676

CO $5,012WV $457

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.