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Artery Exposure With Graft For Support Machine

Montana 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?

$626

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $626 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $331 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$295$209 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$331$324 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $316 to $813Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $79 to $372
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $295

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$626

$295 physician + $331 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.