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Surgical Exploration Of A Leg Artery

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,296

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,296 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$501$447 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$490 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,166Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $398 to $813
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $501

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
$645.65
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$1,296

$501 physician + $794 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.