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Graft Replacement Of The Descending Chest Aorta

Texas 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 July 2026.

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

$6,487

Typical total for the visit. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,487 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,020$2,630 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,778 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,233Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $4,677
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $3,020

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$16,595.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$22,908.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 9.7 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Texas· 41st of 49

$6,487

$3,020 physician + $3,467 facility

IN $36,975MD $3,823

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.