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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

Colorado 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?

$22,843

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $20,893 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$1,950$1,862 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$20,893$7,413 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $44,668Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,388
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $20,893professional $1,950

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 49

$22,843

$1,950 physician + $20,893 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.