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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Kentucky 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 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 6 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$813$708 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$977 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $794 to $11,220Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,202
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $813

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
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$813

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.