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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33496

Open-heart surgery to correct a problem with an artificial heart valve that is already in place — for example a leak around the edge of the valve or tissue catching on it — without exchanging the valve itself. It is performed with the help of a heart-lung bypass machine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve cost?

$6,026

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,026$2,570 to $9,120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,089 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $13,183Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $11,220
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $6,026

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,882.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,220.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,332.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$18,620.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$6,026

CA $13,183WV $1,820

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.