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Open Release Of A Narrowed Mitral Valve

California rates for HCPCS 33422

Frees a mitral valve whose leaflets have become fused and stiff so that it no longer opens fully, separating them under direct vision with the chest open. The heart is stopped and a heart-lung machine takes over the circulation while the surgeon works inside the heart. Opening the valve relieves the backup of pressure into the lungs that causes breathlessness and fatigue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Release Of A Narrowed Mitral Valve cost?

$15,121

Typical total for the visit. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,121 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,882 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,239$1,698 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,882$9,550 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $8,511
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $12,882professional $2,239

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
$3,981.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,912.51
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where California sits

The same service costs 15.7 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

California· 4th of 49

$15,121

$2,239 physician + $12,882 facility

IN $41,673MD $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.