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Graft Replacement Of The Descending Chest Aorta

West Virginia 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?

$5,838

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,838 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,020$2,818 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,818 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,548Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $3,388
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$1,412.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 46th of 49

$5,838

$3,020 physician + $2,818 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.