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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Colorado 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $14,454 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$1,047$871 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,454$2,692 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $891 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,454professional $1,047

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 8th of 51

$1,445

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.