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Open Aortic Valve Repair With Bypass Machine

California rates for HCPCS 33400

Open-heart surgery to repair the aortic valve, the one-way valve blood passes through as it leaves the heart, while a heart-lung machine takes over the circulation. Repairing the valve keeps the patient's own tissue rather than replacing it with an artificial valve.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Aortic Valve Repair With Bypass Machine cost?

$16,218

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,218 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16,982 from a physician practice, and about $16,218 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$16,982$16,982 to $16,982
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,218$13,183 to $23,442

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $11,749 to $28,840Professionalmedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $4,786 to $16,982
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $16,218professional $16,982

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$8,912.51
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where California sits

The same service costs 85.1 times more in Tennessee than in Illinois. 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.

California· 3rd of 32

$16,218

TN $16,982IL $200

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.