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Limited Rhythm Ablation During Other Heart Surgery

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 33257

Creates a limited set of scar lines in the heart to interrupt the chaotic electrical signals that cause atrial fibrillation. It is performed during another open-heart operation and is billed in addition to that operation. This is the more limited version, treating fewer areas of the heart than the full pattern does.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Limited Rhythm Ablation During Other Heart Surgery cost?

$1,000

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $871 to $1,122.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,202
$1K$2Kfacility $1,479professional $1,000

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 42.7 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

South Dakota· 44th of 49

$1,000

IN $23,988ND $562

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.