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Procedure price report · Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck

Open exposure of iliac artery through abdominal incision

CPT 34820the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for an abdominal or flank incision to expose the iliac artery so a stent graft or blocking device can be placed; covers one side.

Hospitals typically charge $1,376 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 286 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,134. Most fall between $599 and $5,371 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
286
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 286 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$428$677$1,376$4,543$6,163

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($428 vs $6,163).

How the prices are spread

$265 – $370: 10 hospitals$265$370 – $516: 13 hospitals$516 – $721: 46 hospitals$516$721 – $1,008: 37 hospitals$1,008 – $1,407: 24 hospitals$1,008$1,407 – $1,966: 28 hospitals$1,966 – $2,746: 19 hospitals$1,966$2,746 – $3,836: 12 hospitals$3,836 – $5,359: 25 hospitals$3,836$5,359 – $7,486: 44 hospitals$5,359median $1,376price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (258 of 286 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$265$37010
$370$51613
$516$72146
$721$1,00837
$1,008$1,40724
$1,407$1,96628
$1,966$2,74619
$2,746$3,83612
$3,836$5,35925
$5,359$7,48644

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,376.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $708 across 16 hospitalsIL$708Wisconsin: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $979 across 22 hospitalsMI$979New York: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $906 across 15 hospitalsIA$906Indiana: median $1,932 across 18 hospitalsIN$1,932Ohio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $2,463 across 23 hospitalsPA$2,463New Jersey: median $4,881 across 16 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,965 across 24 hospitalsCA$3,965Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $548 across 14 hospitalsOK$548Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,371 across 26 hospitalsTX$5,371Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,376. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Texas TX26$5,371+290%$1,035 – $5,371
New Jersey NJ16$4,881+255%$3,986 – $5,741
California CA24$3,965+188%$849 – $13,278
Pennsylvania PA23$2,463+79%$72 – $5,396
Indiana IN18$1,932+40%$708 – $2,611
Michigan MI22$979−29%$474 – $979
Iowa IA15$906−34%$906 – $1,132
Illinois IL16$708−49%$656 – $1,416
Oklahoma OK14$548−60%$548 – $4,543
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,376.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care253$1,444$599 – $5,371
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access28$708$532 – $2,121
Ownership
For-profit32$2,571$708 – $5,555
Government19fewer than 20 hospitals
Non-profit235$1,416$548 – $5,295
System affiliation
Part of a system240$1,430$599 – $5,371
Independent46$1,074$523 – $4,025

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,039
Median cash price$1,376
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

214 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,274 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,194; most fall between $601 and $5,371.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 214 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$480$708$1,274$4,990$6,210

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($480 vs $6,210).

Of the 246 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 214 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

286 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 338 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted286
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code338

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Opn Iliac Art Expos Prosth/Iliac Occls Evasc Uni.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open exposure of iliac artery through abdominal incision (CPT 34820) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-34820-open-exposure-of-iliac-artery-through-abdominal-incision