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Graft Placed In The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33335

Open chest surgery in which a diseased or damaged segment of the aorta or another large vessel beside the heart is replaced with a graft sewn into place. A heart-lung machine takes over the work of the heart and lungs while the vessel is opened and the graft is fitted.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Graft Placed In The Aorta Or A Great Vessel cost?

$12,256

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,761 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$6,761$2,884 to $10,233
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,344 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $14,791Professionalmedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $12,589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $6,761

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$14,454.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$14,454.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 6th of 49

$12,256

$6,761 physician + $5,495 facility

IN $24,998MD $2,952

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.