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Making An Opening Between The Heart's Upper Chambers

Idaho rates for HCPCS 33741

A catheter procedure in a newborn or infant with a heart defect, in which an opening is created or enlarged in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart so oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood can mix. A catheter is passed from a vein, and a balloon or cutting device is used to open the wall. It is done to keep a baby stable, often while awaiting corrective surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Making An Opening Between The Heart's Upper Chambers cost?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $4,467.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 61.7 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Idaho· 33rd of 50

$2,239

ME $43,652ND $708

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.