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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Georgia 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 July 2026.

How much does Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$832 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,715 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,000

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
$1,202.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Georgia· 10th of 51

$1,479

CA $7,943KY $813

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.