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Repair Of An Artificial Heart Valve

Vermont 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?

$2,042

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 to $2,188.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $2,042

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
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 38th of 51

$2,042

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.