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Surgery To Open A Narrowed Pulmonary Valve

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 33471

An operation to widen the valve between the heart's right pumping chamber and the artery carrying blood to the lungs, when that valve is too tight for blood to pass through properly. The fused valve leaflets are cut apart so the valve opens fully again. The narrowing being treated is usually one the person was born with.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgery To Open A Narrowed Pulmonary Valve cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,388$2,692 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,344 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,888Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $5,370
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $3,388

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 776.2 times more in Connecticut than in Hawaii. 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 39

$3,236

CT $22,909HI $29.51

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.