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Making An Opening Between The Heart's Upper Chambers

West Virginia 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?

$794

Typical facility fee. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $977.

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 $794 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,413
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794

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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 47th of 50

$794

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.