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Surgical arm artery exposure to help deliver an aortic graft

CPT 34834the billing code this page is about

An added surgical step, done with a main aortic stent graft procedure, in which the brachial artery in one arm is opened up so instruments and the graft can be passed through it. Billed for one arm.

Hospitals typically charge $1,306 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 443 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,901. Most fall between $241 and $7,033 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
443
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 443 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
$200$317$1,306$5,110$8,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 44× what the cheapest tenth charges ($200 vs $8,738).

How the prices are spread

$143 – $222: 50 hospitals$143$222 – $343: 44 hospitals$343 – $532: 22 hospitals$343$532 – $825: 37 hospitals$825 – $1,278: 43 hospitals$825$1,278 – $1,980: 48 hospitals$1,980 – $3,068: 37 hospitals$1,980$3,068 – $4,754: 28 hospitals$4,754 – $7,367: 27 hospitals$4,754$7,367 – $11,415: 65 hospitals$7,367median $1,306price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (401 of 443 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$143$22250
$222$34344
$343$53222
$532$82537
$825$1,27843
$1,278$1,98048
$1,980$3,06837
$3,068$4,75428
$4,754$7,36727
$7,367$11,41565

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,306.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $544 across 11 hospitalsWA$544Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,384 across 13 hospitalsMN$1,384Illinois: median $2,547 across 25 hospitalsIL$2,547Wisconsin: median $1,152 across 21 hospitalsWI$1,152Michigan: median $181 across 30 hospitalsMI$181New York: median $393 across 12 hospitalsNY$393Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $295 across 19 hospitalsOR$295Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $966 across 15 hospitalsIN$966Ohio: median $12,861 across 19 hospitalsOH$12,861Pennsylvania: median $1,759 across 27 hospitalsPA$1,759New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,184 across 24 hospitalsCA$4,184Utah: median $7,560 across 22 hospitalsUT$7,560Colorado: median $3,361 across 13 hospitalsCO$3,361Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $210 across 14 hospitalsOK$210Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,300 across 49 hospitalsTX$1,300Florida: median $8,140 across 13 hospitalsFL$8,140
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,306. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH19$12,861+885%$682 – $12,861
Florida FL13$8,140+523%$5,385 – $16,076
Utah UT22$7,560+479%$7,560 – $8,400
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+291%$3,986 – $5,855
California CA24$4,184+220%$648 – $11,415
Colorado CO13$3,361+157%$3,361 – $7,514
Illinois IL25$2,547+95%$242 – $3,591
Pennsylvania PA27$1,759+35%$82 – $3,007
Minnesota MN13$1,384+6%$1,384 – $2,424
Texas TX49$1,3000%$215 – $9,346
Wisconsin WI21$1,152−12%$1,152 – $1,725
Indiana IN15$966−26%$722 – $1,306
Washington WA11$544−58%$280 – $1,807
New York NY12$393−70%$152 – $708
Oregon OR19$295−77%$229 – $1,558
Oklahoma OK14$210−84%$210 – $532
Michigan MI30$181−86%$157 – $602
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,306.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care379$1,384$242 – $7,326
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access58$1,152$204 – $3,591
Ownership
For-profit39$966$215 – $7,560
Government33$737$280 – $1,691
Non-profit370$1,423$242 – $7,431
System affiliation
Part of a system389$1,384$241 – $7,514
Independent54$687$267 – $3,965

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,167
Median cash price$1,306
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

337 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,384 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,304; most fall between $279 and $7,560.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 337 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
$215$337$1,384$5,660$8,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 41× what the cheapest tenth charges ($215 vs $8,738).

Of the 372 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 337 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

443 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 491 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted443
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code491

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 Brachial Artery Expos Dlvr Evasc Prosth 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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgical arm artery exposure to help deliver an aortic graft (CPT 34834) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-34834-surgical-arm-artery-exposure-to-help-deliver-an-aortic-graft