Brain Protection Filter During A Heart Valve Procedure

Delaware rates for HCPCS 33370

Places a filter into the arteries leading to the brain before a catheter-based heart valve procedure and removes it afterwards, so that any debris knocked loose during the procedure is caught rather than carried up to the brain. It is delivered through a puncture in an artery and includes the imaging needed to position and retrieve it. It is billed in addition to the valve procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Protection Filter During A Heart Valve Procedure cost?

$317

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $317 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $158 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

50% physician fee50% facility fee

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$158	$148 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$158	$97.72 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,138Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $135 to $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $158.49 Median $3,235.94 Typical High $7,244.36	Facility	None	$158.49	$3,235.94	$7,244.36
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $144.54 Median $158.49 Typical High $158.49	Professional	None	$144.54	$158.49	$158.49
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $208.93 Median $707.95 Typical High $2,290.87	Facility	None	$208.93	$707.95	$2,290.87
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $128.82 Median $147.91 Typical High $407.38	Professional	None	$128.82	$147.91	$407.38
United Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $83.18 Median $114.82 Typical High $1,698.24	Facility	None	$83.18	$114.82	$1,698.24
United Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $134.90 Median $154.88 Typical High $316.23	Professional	None	$134.90	$154.88	$316.23

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 49.9 times more in Alabama 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 50th of 51

$317

$158 physician + $158 facility

AL $14,973KY $300

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.