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Stent Repair of a Narrowed Aorta

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 33895

A catheter-based procedure to open a narrowed section of the aorta, the main artery leaving the heart. A thin tube is threaded through a blood vessel up to the narrowed area, where a metal mesh stent is expanded to hold the channel open. It treats the narrowing without opening the chest.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stent Repair of a Narrowed Aorta cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$776 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$603 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $977

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
$1,047.13
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$977

AK $3,090KY $676

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.