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Surgical Exploration Of A Leg Artery

California rates for HCPCS 35703

Surgery that opens the area around an artery in the leg to examine it directly. It is exploratory only; no repair is performed as part of this service. It applies to arteries anywhere from the thigh through the calf.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Exploration Of A Leg Artery cost?

$3,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$437 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$977 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $550 to $34,674Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,884
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,020professional $537

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
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 7.2 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· 10th of 51

$3,557

$537 physician + $3,020 facility

ME $7,377MD $1,030

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.