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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 October 2026.

How much does Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$1,514$1,230 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$933 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,479professional $1,514

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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$37,153.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$1,514

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.