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Reattaching The Vertebral Artery To The Carotid

Nebraska 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?

$5,040

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$1,950$1,549 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,630
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,950

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
$870.96
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,232.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$5,040

$1,950 physician + $3,090 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.