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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33368

Covers the use of a heart-lung bypass machine to take over circulation and oxygen delivery while a replacement aortic valve is put in through a catheter. It is provided in addition to the valve procedure itself, when the heart cannot be relied on to maintain circulation during the implant. A perfusion team runs the machine and the patient is returned to their own circulation afterward.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement cost?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 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 $4,074 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,884$1,905 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$1,072 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,266
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$2,884

WI $2,951NY $776

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.