go back

Surgery To Open A Narrowed Pulmonary Valve

Washington 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$1,778$1,778 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,778 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,692Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,467
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $1,778

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
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,128.31
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 34th of 39

$1,778

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.