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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

South 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?

$6,758

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,758 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$2,291$1,660 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,291 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,467
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$2,290.87
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where South 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

South Carolina· 22nd of 49

$6,758

$2,291 physician + $4,467 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.