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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Minnesota 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$1,622$1,318 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,862 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $30,200Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,754professional $1,622

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
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$45,708.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$1,698

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.