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Removal of Tissue Blocking Flow Below a Heart Valve

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$7,754

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,754 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,365$3,020 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,514 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,166
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,388professional $4,365

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.0 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 8th of 51

$7,754

$4,365 physician + $3,388 facility

AL $20,474MD $2,907

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.