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Replacement Of The Aortic Arch

Iowa rates for HCPCS 33871

Open-chest replacement of the curved top section of the main artery leaving the heart, where the vessels to the head and arms branch off. The damaged arch is cut out and a fabric tube sewn in, with those branch vessels reattached to the new tube. The heart-lung machine takes over the circulation, and blood flow to the brain is protected by separate measures while the arch itself is open.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of The Aortic Arch cost?

$10,468

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,079 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$7,079$4,898 to $8,511
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,514 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,586Professionalmedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $10,233
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,388professional $7,079

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,709.64
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 8th of 51

$10,468

$7,079 physician + $3,388 facility

AK $24,905WA $3,647

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.