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Exploration Of An Arm Artery

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 35702

Surgical opening of the arm to expose and inspect an artery, typically after an injury or when damage to the vessel is suspected, where the vessel is found not to need repair. The surgeon checks the artery directly, confirms blood flow and closes the wound. It covers the arm, including the vessels at the armpit, upper arm, forearm and wrist.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exploration Of An Arm Artery cost?

$2,880

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,023 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,786Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $407 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $589

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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.5 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

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$2,880

$589 physician + $2,291 facility

ME $7,655MD $1,019

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.