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Balloon Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta

Maryland rates for HCPCS 33897

Opens a narrowed segment of the aorta, the main artery leaving the heart, using a balloon threaded up through a blood vessel from the groin or arm. The balloon is inflated at the narrow point to stretch it open and restore blood flow to the lower body. No chest incision is made, and the narrowing treated is one the person was born with.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon Widening Of A Narrowed Aorta cost?

$661

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $708.

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 $661 · 10th to 90th $661 to $15,136Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $537 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $661

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$661

CA $8,318KY $631

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.