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Patch Widening Of The Heart's Outflow To Lungs

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 33478

Widens the narrowed channel through which blood leaves the right side of the heart on its way to the lungs, by sewing in a patch of material to enlarge it. Thickened muscle within that channel may be trimmed and a tight valve opened during the same operation. It is open-heart surgery, usually for a narrowing present from birth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Patch Widening Of The Heart's Outflow To Lungs cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,089$1,820 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,905 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,623Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,089

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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· 26th of 51

$2,399

CA $12,882WV $1,738

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.