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Surgery To Open A Narrowed Pulmonary Valve

Wisconsin 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?

$15,136

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,136 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,128 to $19,953.

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 $16,218 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $25,119Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $13,490
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $16,218professional $4,365

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 5th of 39

$15,136

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.