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Aortic Valve Replacement Through the Armpit Artery

Montana rates for HCPCS 33363

Replacement of a narrowed aortic heart valve with an artificial valve carried in on a catheter and expanded inside the old one, without opening the heart. In this version the surgeon makes a cut below the collarbone to expose the axillary artery at the shoulder and introduces the delivery system there. That route is chosen when the vessels in the groin are too narrow or too diseased to carry the system.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Aortic Valve Replacement Through the Armpit Artery cost?

$4,179

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$2,089$1,349 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$2,089 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,399Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,089professional $2,089

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Alabama 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

Montana· 20th of 51

$4,179

$2,089 physician + $2,089 facility

AL $16,880MD $2,147

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.