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How Much Does Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Cost on Medicare?

Cost analysis for CPT 33361 — Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery

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Average Medicare Payment

$587.60

2023 data

Total Payments (2023)

$54.4M

Services (2023)

91.8K

Price Change (2014–2023)

-15.7%

📈 Year-over-Year Cost Trend

YearAvg PaymentTotal PaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$696.81$7.4M10.4K—
2015$690.38$15.8M22.5K-0.9%
2016$688.78$28.3M40.5K-0.2%
2017$690.53$37.8M54.1K+0.3%
2018$690.75$43.1M61.7K+0.0%
2019$700.30$54.7M77.4K+1.4%
2020$629.62$48.4M76.2K-10.1%
2021$615.01$52.2M83.9K-2.3%
2022$605.71$53.1M86.9K-1.5%
2023$587.60$54.4M91.8K-3.0%

🗺️ State-by-State Cost Variation

The most expensive state pays 1.4x more than the cheapest for this procedure. AK averages $729.76 vs NE at $520.12.

StateAvg PaymentTotal PaymentsServicesProviders
AK$729.76$128.4K1765
NY$680.17$4.7M6.9K146
DC$650.97$348.9K5369
IL$641.93$2.5M3.9K115
MD$633.42$1.1M1.7K42
FL$628.87$4.0M6.4K215
NJ$623.81$1.7M2.8K66
CT$615.92$401.0K65125
MI$608.08$1.7M2.8K97
MT$607.26$289.1K47614
MA$606.74$1.7M2.9K67
NV$600.07$325.8K54320
CA$598.35$4.4M7.4K210
RI$596.82$260.8K4377
NH$593.20$683.4K1.2K21
WV$591.95$177.6K3008
LA$589.70$609.2K1.0K49
NM$589.17$149.1K2538
PA$588.94$2.9M4.9K147
VA$587.60$1.8M3.0K70
DE$587.06$186.7K31811
GA$586.59$1.4M2.3K57
WA$585.27$1.5M2.6K62
OH$585.09$1.7M3.0K104
CO$583.66$636.8K1.1K38
TX$575.73$2.6M4.6K165
WY$572.23$58.4K1023
AZ$571.80$1.1M1.9K63
MO$570.99$1.1M1.9K69
OR$569.18$840.1K1.5K44
KY$567.16$625.0K1.1K42
UT$565.15$437.4K77423
SC$563.31$1.2M2.1K53
OK$563.29$686.7K1.2K39
NC$558.82$1.4M2.5K79
ME$555.02$137.6K24811
AL$554.50$585.0K1.1K38
ND$550.03$285.5K51915
MS$545.70$438.2K80331
VT$544.53$167.7K3085
KS$543.29$560.1K1.0K26
IN$539.31$1.1M2.1K64
TN$537.31$1.4M2.6K60
MN$536.82$1.4M2.7K77
SD$533.03$330.5K62011
WI$532.34$1.0M2.0K53
ID$526.00$267.2K50813
IA$524.70$461.2K87930
AR$523.55$386.9K73928
NE$520.12$301.2K57921

💰 Who Bills the Most for This Procedure?

ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
Wen ChengThoracic SurgeryCA$264.9K433$611.80
Raj MakkarInterventional CardiologyCA$222.6K361$616.70
Mathew WilliamsThoracic SurgeryNY$202.7K283$716.19
George PetrossianInterventional CardiologyNY$182.8K240$761.74
Newell RobinsonCardiac SurgeryNY$168.4K222$758.76
Isaac GeorgeCardiac SurgeryNY$155.2K217$715.30
Cezar StaniloaeInterventional CardiologyNY$148.8K208$715.38
Matthew HenryThoracic SurgeryNY$134.2K176$762.57
Gilbert TangCardiac SurgeryNY$129.5K180$719.64
Susheel KodaliInterventional CardiologyNY$118.8K165$720.17
Richard SchwartzInterventional CardiologyNY$105.5K139$759.29
Mark RussoThoracic SurgeryNJ$104.8K169$619.85
Jeffrey CohenThoracic SurgeryDC$98.6K152$648.98
Eugene FernandesCardiac SurgeryIL$96.9K143$677.48
Gaetano PaoneThoracic SurgeryGA$92.7K158$586.92
Gabriel AldeaCardiac SurgeryWA$92.5K149$620.84
James MccabeInterventional CardiologyWA$90.7K146$621.16
Luigi PirelliThoracic SurgeryNY$89.2K127$702.46
James YunThoracic SurgeryNH$89.0K154$577.82
John BrownThoracic SurgeryNJ$88.7K141$629.27

🤔 Is Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Overpriced?

Based on the data, CPT 33361 shows a 1.4x variation in pricing across states — relatively consistent by Medicare standards.

Costs have decreased 15.7% since 2014. Medicare's fee schedule attempts to standardize pricing, though some variation is expected due to geographic cost-of-living adjustments and practice expense differences.

This analysis is based on publicly available CMS data and does not account for patient complexity, comorbidities, or facility-specific factors that may justify pricing differences.

Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.