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Exploration Of An Arm Artery

Virginia 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?

$3,363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$427 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,380 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,457Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $380 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $479

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
$512.86
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,363

$479 physician + $2,884 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.