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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Utah 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 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$2,570$2,239 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,570 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $6,026Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,898
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $2,570

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 23rd of 51

$2,570

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.