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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

Louisiana 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?

$4,803

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,803 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$1,950 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $2,291

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 43rd of 49

$4,803

$2,291 physician + $2,512 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.