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Patch Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta Above The Valve

South 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?

$5,768

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$1,698 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,089 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,467
$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $2,884

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$19,054.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where South 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

South Dakota· 31st of 49

$5,768

$2,884 physician + $2,884 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.