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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 July 2026.

How much does Bypass Machine Support During Valve Replacement cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 5 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$1,023$832 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$933 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,023

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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$1,148

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.