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Surgical Exploration Of A Leg Artery

New York 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?

$4,317

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,317 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$380 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,622 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $708 to $9,333Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $339 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $427

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
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$53.70
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$69.18
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19

Where New York 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

New York· 8th of 51

$4,317

$427 physician + $3,890 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.