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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

Kentucky 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?

$7,068

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,068 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,820$1,738 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,138 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,467
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $1,820

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
$851.14
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,220.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 18th of 49

$7,068

$1,820 physician + $5,248 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.