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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Massachusetts 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$1,122$851 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$661 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,898
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $912professional $1,122

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,162.28
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$1,072

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.