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Graft Placed In The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

California 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?

$15,281

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,281 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,882 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,862 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,882$9,333 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $22,387Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,333
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $12,882professional $2,399

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$17,378.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where California 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

California· 4th of 49

$15,281

$2,399 physician + $12,882 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.