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Open Heart Widening Of The Atrial Opening

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 33736

Open heart surgery that creates or enlarges an opening in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart so that oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood can mix. It is done in babies and young children with certain heart defects, on a heart-lung machine while the heart is opened.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Heart Widening Of The Atrial Opening cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 4 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$1,549$1,445 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,445 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $1,862Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $1,549

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$1,549

CA $10,233WV $1,549

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.