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Valve Leaflet Repair With Artificial Cords

Virginia 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 October 2026.

How much does Valve Leaflet Repair With Artificial Cords cost?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,738$1,549 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$2,291 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $38,905Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,943professional $1,738

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$44,668.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,912.51
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in Arkansas. 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$2,188

CA $6,918AR $1,202

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.