The preferentially electropolished stent system and method of manufacture includes a stent delivery system including a catheter a balloon operably attached to the catheter and a stent disposed on the balloon. The stent includes an elongate body having an abluminal surface and a luminal surface wherein the abluminal surface has an abluminal average roughness less than or equal to 0.030 microns and the luminal surface has at least one rough portion having an luminal average roughness greater than or equal to 0.036 microns.