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One Vein Graft Added To Artery Bypass Grafting

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 33517

Covers a single length of vein used to carry blood around a blocked heart artery during an operation in which artery grafts are also used. Surgeons often combine the two, using an artery for the most important vessel and vein for the others. It is billed in addition to the main bypass operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does One Vein Graft Added To Artery Bypass Grafting cost?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,802 to $13,804.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $309 to $35,481Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $324 to $575
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0K$100.0Kfacility $8,511professional $417

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$85,113.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 186.2 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Nebraska $8,511 · 8th of 49
IN $33,884ND $182

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.