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Opening A Narrowed Lung Valve Through The Heart Wall

Georgia 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?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,388 to $10,965.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $13,804Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $3,981
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $3,981

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 446.7 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

Georgia· 5th of 39

$6,457

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.