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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, 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 $2,630 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$1,862 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$2,089 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,761Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,169
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th 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.