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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

North Carolina 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$912 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$575 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $1,175

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
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$1,148

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.