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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Kansas 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 5 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$2,089$2,042 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,754 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$2,692

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.