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One Vein Graft Added To Artery Bypass Grafting

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$886

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$186 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$302 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $35 to $871Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $155 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $646professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$851.14
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 56.5 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$886

$240 physician + $646 facility

AL $31,874MT $564

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.