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Repair of an Underdeveloped Aortic Arch

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 33853

Open-heart surgery to rebuild the arch of the aorta, the main artery leaving the heart, when it is too narrow or incompletely formed so that blood cannot reach the body properly. The narrowed or missing section is enlarged or bridged using the patient's own tissue or a graft.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair of an Underdeveloped Aortic Arch cost?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$2,512$1,905 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,512 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,898
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $2,512

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
$2,511.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.5 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.

South Carolina· 29th of 51

$2,512

CA $13,183WV $2,042

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.