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Opening A Narrowed Lung Valve Through The Heart Wall

Massachusetts 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?

$4,074

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $13,490.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 $1,778 · 10th to 90th $56 to $4,677Professionalmedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $13,490 to $13,490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 39

$4,074

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.