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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Iowa 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$1,122 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,096 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,585

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
$1,148.15
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$1,622

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.