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Relocating The Vertebral Artery

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 35693

Detaches the vertebral artery, the vessel running up through the neck bones to supply the back of the brain, from its diseased origin and reattaches it to a healthy neighboring artery at the base of the neck. Nothing is bypassed: the artery itself is moved to a new starting point rather than having a separate graft sewn around the blockage. It is open surgery through an incision at the base of the neck under general anesthesia.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Relocating The Vertebral Artery cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$1,380$912 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,943professional $1,380

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
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in California 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.

Connecticut· 8th of 51

$1,905

CA $7,413WV $912

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.