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Removal Of Muscle Blocking The Heart Outflow

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33476

Open-heart surgery that cuts away thickened muscle narrowing the channel where blood leaves the right pumping chamber on its way to the lungs. If the valve at the end of that channel has fused leaflets, they are separated during the same operation. Clearing the obstruction lets the right side of the heart pump without working against high resistance.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Muscle Blocking The Heart Outflow cost?

$6,026

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,026 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,026$3,981 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $9,120
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,318professional $6,026

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$6,026

AK $6,026TX $1,072

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.