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Lifting the Aorta to Hold a Floppy Windpipe Open

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33800

Surgery in which the main artery leaving the heart is stitched forward to the back of the breastbone, so that it pulls the front wall of the windpipe open as it moves. It is done for a child whose windpipe collapses during breathing because its walls are too soft, causing noisy breathing and frightening episodes of not being able to breathe.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lifting the Aorta to Hold a Floppy Windpipe Open cost?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 6 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$3,467$1,514 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,230 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $12,023Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,607
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $3,467

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
$2,951.21
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.3 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$3,467

CA $10,233WV $1,096

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.