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Repair Of Narrowed Veins Returning Blood From Lungs

Maine rates for HCPCS 33726

Open-heart surgery to widen the veins that carry blood from the lungs back to the heart when they have become too narrow. Narrowing backs pressure up into the lungs and causes breathlessness and poor growth, and the repair opens the pathway so blood flows freely again.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of Narrowed Veins Returning Blood From Lungs cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$2,884$2,399 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$776 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,202Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $3,802
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $2,884

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 5.4 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.

Maine· 25th of 51

$2,818

AK $8,128TX $1,514

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.