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Ascending Aorta Graft For Aortic Tear

Montana rates for HCPCS 33858

Emergency open-heart replacement of the first segment of the main artery leaving the heart with a fabric tube, performed on the heart-lung machine, with the aortic valve resuspended and kept in place. It is done when the inner lining of the aorta has torn and blood is tracking into the wall of the vessel. This is a life-threatening condition treated as an emergency.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ascending Aorta Graft For Aortic Tear cost?

$10,157

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,157 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,786 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,786$3,467 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$5,248 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,166Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $79 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $4,786

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,309.57
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska than in Washington. 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

Montana· 11th of 51

$10,157

$4,786 physician + $5,370 facility

AK $25,512WA $3,773

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.