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Artery Exposure With Graft For Support Machine

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$1,125

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$209 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$331 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,943Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $204 to $676
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $794professional $331

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
$204.17
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 32.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $1,125 · 41st of 49
IN $15,370WV $470

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.