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Making An Opening Between The Heart's Upper Chambers

Minnesota 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 to $10,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $30,200
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,467

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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$45,708.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 50

$4,467

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.