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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33417

Open-heart surgery that widens a narrowing in the aorta just above the aortic valve by sewing in a patch that enlarges the vessel. It is done for a narrowing present from birth that makes the heart work far harder to push blood out.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve cost?

$10,786

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,786 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$5,888$2,570 to $9,120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,089 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $13,183Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $11,220
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $5,888

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
$4,897.79
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,882.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,332.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Indiana 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

Alaska· 7th of 49

$10,786

$5,888 physician + $4,898 facility

IN $35,747MD $2,656

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.