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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 33417

Open-heart surgery that widens a narrowing in the aorta just above the aortic valve by sewing in a patch that enlarges the vessel. It is done for a narrowing present from birth that makes the heart work far harder to push blood out.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve cost?

$4,858

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,858 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$3,236$1,738 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,622 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,169
$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $3,236

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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

North Dakota· 42nd of 49

$4,858

$3,236 physician + $1,622 facility

IN $35,747MD $2,656

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.