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Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement

Tennessee 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$1,122$851 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$138 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,129
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $1,122

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
5 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
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 34th of 51

$1,000

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.