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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

North Carolina 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?

$4,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$2,089$1,660 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,660 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $2,089

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 39th of 49

$4,973

$2,089 physician + $2,884 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.