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Making An Opening Between The Heart's Upper Chambers

South Carolina 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?

$6,310

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,310 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $21,878.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $22,909
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310

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
$1,023.29
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 15th of 50

$6,310

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.