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Electrical Pathway Surgery Using The Bypass Machine

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 33251

Open-heart surgery that finds and destroys the extra electrical pathway or small patch of tissue in the upper part of the heart that is setting off bursts of very fast heartbeat. The abnormal tissue is mapped and then destroyed so the signal can no longer cross it. In this version the heart-lung bypass machine takes over the circulation while the heart is worked on.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Electrical Pathway Surgery Using The Bypass Machine cost?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,162$2,692 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,570Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $3,162

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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

North Dakota· 8th of 51

$3,020

AK $6,457TX $1,175

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.