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Reattaching The Vertebral Artery To The Carotid

California rates for HCPCS 35691

The vertebral artery, which runs up the back of the neck to supply the base of the brain, is detached from its origin and sewn onto the carotid artery. This bypasses a narrowed or kinked starting segment so that blood reaches the back of the brain normally again.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reattaching The Vertebral Artery To The Carotid cost?

$6,566

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,566 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,023 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,318 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $631 to $50,119Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,169
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,248professional $1,318

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
$977.24
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,801.89
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58

Where California sits

The same service costs 9.6 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

California· 7th of 51

$6,566

$1,318 physician + $5,248 facility

ME $15,506MD $1,609

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.