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Removal of Tissue Blocking Flow Below a Heart Valve

North Carolina 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?

$5,823

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$2,512$1,950 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,950 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $6,166
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,311professional $2,512

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where North Carolina 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 feeNorth Carolina $5,823 · 38th 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.