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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Michigan 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 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 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$1,820 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,311 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,370.32
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$2,188

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.