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Removal of Tissue Blocking Flow Below a Heart Valve

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33415

Open-heart surgery that cuts away a ridge or shelf of tissue sitting just below the aortic valve and obstructing blood as it leaves the heart. Clearing the obstruction lets the main pumping chamber empty normally and relieves the strain on it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Tissue Blocking Flow Below a Heart Valve cost?

$13,270

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,244 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$7,244$3,090 to $11,220
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,512 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,218Professionalmedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $13,490
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,026professional $7,244

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,848.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,489.63
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,848.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.6 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $13,270 · 6th of 49
IN $35,352MD $3,060

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.