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Removing an arm vein to use as a bypass graft

CPT 35500the billing code this page is about

Surgery to harvest one segment of vein from the arm so it can be used as the graft in a leg or coronary bypass operation; reported in addition to the bypass itself.

Hospitals typically charge $734 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 263 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $803. Most fall between $418 and $1,734 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
263
States
37
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 263 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
$316$516$734$1,674$5,062

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($316 vs $5,062).

How the prices are spread

$210 – $288: 6 hospitals$210$288 – $397: 20 hospitals$397 – $545: 38 hospitals$397$545 – $750: 72 hospitals$750 – $1,030: 34 hospitals$750$1,030 – $1,417: 9 hospitals$1,417 – $1,948: 20 hospitals$1,417$1,948 – $2,678: 9 hospitals$2,678 – $3,682: 2 hospitals$2,678$3,682 – $5,062: 27 hospitals$3,682median $734price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (237 of 263 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$210$2886
$288$39720
$397$54538
$545$75072
$750$1,03034
$1,030$1,4179
$1,417$1,94820
$1,948$2,6789
$2,678$3,6822
$3,682$5,06227

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $734.

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: 4 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $569 across 11 hospitalsIL$569Wisconsin: median $1,734 across 25 hospitalsWI$1,734Michigan: median $664 across 27 hospitalsMI$664New York: median $598 across 14 hospitalsNY$598Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $725 across 13 hospitalsOR$725Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $780 across 16 hospitalsIA$780Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,424 across 10 hospitalsOH$1,424Pennsylvania: median $227 across 15 hospitalsPA$227New 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 $5,062 across 26 hospitalsCA$5,062Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 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: 2 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $516 across 10 hospitalsOK$516Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $734. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+596%$3,986 – $5,855
California CA26$5,062+590%$865 – $5,062
Wisconsin WI25$1,734+136%$748 – $2,194
Ohio OH10$1,424+94%$492 – $1,674
Iowa IA16$780+6%$780 – $780
Oregon OR13$725−1%$565 – $4,268
Michigan MI27$664−10%$445 – $748
New York NY14$598−19%$285 – $925
Illinois IL11$569−23%$418 – $625
Oklahoma OK10$516−30%$516 – $516
Pennsylvania PA15$227−69%$192 – $1,108
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $734.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care210$739$420 – $2,194
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access49$725$406 – $929
Ownership
For-profit19fewer than 20 hospitals
Government24$600$346 – $862
Non-profit220$748$436 – $2,137
System affiliation
Part of a system221$748$418 – $2,130
Independent42$640$414 – $1,050

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$997
Median cash price$734
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

185 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $739 and the average of the middle 60% is $700; most fall between $418 and $1,235.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 185 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
$316$494$739$1,018$5,062

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($316 vs $5,062).

Of the 202 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 185 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 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

263 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 304 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted263
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
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 — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code304

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 Harvest Uxtr Vein 1 Sgm Lower Extremity/Cabg Px.

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, “Removing an arm vein to use as a bypass graft (CPT 35500) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-35500-removing-an-arm-vein-to-use-as-a-bypass-graft