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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Michigan 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$813 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,023 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,023

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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
10 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
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$1,047

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.