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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Montana 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$2,818$2,239 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,818 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $3,162Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,511
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $2,818

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 19th of 51

$2,818

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.