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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Florida 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 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 7 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$1,738$1,514 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$3,236 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,754
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $1,738

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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,882.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 47th of 51

$1,995

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.