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Artery Exposure With Graft For Support Machine

Delaware rates for HCPCS 33987

Surgical exposure of an artery and attachment of a short fabric tube to its side, so blood from an external heart-lung support machine can be returned to the body without blocking flow through the vessel itself. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artery Exposure With Graft For Support Machine cost?

$747

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $747 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$234 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$347 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,266Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $209 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $245

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$747

$245 physician + $501 facility

CO $8,807MT $626

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.