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Opening The Wall Between Upper Heart Chambers

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33735

Creates or enlarges an opening in the wall dividing the two upper chambers of the heart, so oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood can mix. It is done in infants with heart defects whose circulation depends on that mixing to keep enough oxygen reaching the body. In this version the surgeon works on the beating heart without putting the child on a heart-lung machine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Wall Between Upper Heart Chambers cost?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,677 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 6 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$4,677$1,995 to $7,079
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,622 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $12,023Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,710
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $4,677

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$10,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$10,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.6 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$4,677

CA $9,550WV $1,445

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.