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Removal Of An Infected Vascular Graft In The Chest

Alabama rates for HCPCS 35905

Takes out an artificial blood-vessel graft in the chest that has become infected, together with the infected tissue around it. An infected synthetic graft cannot be cleared with antibiotics alone, because bacteria shelter in a film on its surface that drugs cannot reach. Re-establishing blood flow by another route, where that is needed, is carried out as a separate operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Infected Vascular Graft In The Chest cost?

$19,381

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,381 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,982 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,862 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,982$955 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $513 to $17,378Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $2,951
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $16,982professional $2,399

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
6 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Alabama than in Washington. 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

Alabama· 1st of 51

$19,381

$2,399 physician + $16,982 facility

AL $19,381WA $2,326

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.