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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Louisiana 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$2,291$1,950 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$2,399

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.