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Valve Leaflet Repair With Artificial Cords

Montana rates for HCPCS 0543T

Repairs a leaking mitral valve, the valve between the upper and lower chambers on the left side of the heart, by attaching artificial cords to the valve leaflets so they close tightly again. Tightening the cords stops blood from washing backwards into the upper chamber with each heartbeat.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Valve Leaflet Repair With Artificial Cords cost?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,884$1,905 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,380 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,951Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,388
$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,951.21
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Montana· 16th of 51

$2,884

CA $12,023ND $1,380

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.