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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

Pennsylvania 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?

$7,232

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,232 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,778 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,995 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,862

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,884.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 17th of 49

$7,232

$1,862 physician + $5,370 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.