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Opening A Narrowed Lung Valve Through The Heart Wall

California rates for HCPCS 33470

An operation to open a narrowed pulmonary valve, the valve blood passes through on its way from the heart to the lungs. The surgeon reaches the valve by passing an instrument through the wall of the pumping chamber while the heart continues to beat, rather than opening the heart and handing its work to a bypass machine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening A Narrowed Lung Valve Through The Heart Wall cost?

$13,490

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13,490 from a physician practice, and about $13,490 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13,490$1,820 to $13,490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13,490$9,333 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $7,943 to $22,387Professionalmedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $13,490
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $13,490professional $13,490

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where California sits

The same service costs 446.7 times more in California than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $13,490 · 1st of 39
CA $13,490SC $30.20

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.