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Surgical Exploration Of A Leg Artery

North Dakota 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?

$1,535

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$676 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$407 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,399Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 37th of 51

$1,535

$776 physician + $759 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.