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Graft Replacement Of The Descending Chest Aorta

Montana rates for HCPCS 33875

Open surgery through the chest in which the diseased section of the aorta running down behind the heart is replaced with a fabric tube graft sewn to healthy vessel at each end. It is used for an aneurysm, a tear in the vessel wall, or a badly damaged segment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Graft Replacement Of The Descending Chest Aorta cost?

$8,256

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$3,890$2,818 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$4,074 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,677Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $79 to $4,677
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $3,890

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,011.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.0 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· 14th of 51

$8,256

$3,890 physician + $4,365 facility

AK $22,987WA $3,262

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.