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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 July 2026.

How much does Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$955$776 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,175 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,710Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $955

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
$724.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$1,000

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.