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Apex-To-Aorta Heart Conduit Surgery

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 33404

Open-heart surgery that builds a tube from the tip of the heart's main pumping chamber to the aorta, the large artery leaving the heart. Blood can then travel out of the heart along the new route as well as through the natural outlet, which relieves the strain when that outlet is too narrow to be widened or replaced in the usual way.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Apex-To-Aorta Heart Conduit Surgery cost?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,239$1,950 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $2,239

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$2,239

AK $6,918TX $1,122

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.