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Procedure price report · Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck

Balloon widening of a narrowed aorta

CPT 33897the billing code this page is about

Use of a balloon catheter to widen a narrowed section of the aorta, whether the narrowing is present from birth or has returned after earlier treatment.

Hospitals typically charge $5,919 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 381 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,563. Most fall between $1,795 and $15,778 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
381
States
43
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 381 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$870$2,746$5,919$14,200$20,962

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($870 vs $20,962).

How the prices are spread

$677 – $975: 25 hospitals$677$975 – $1,403: 15 hospitals$1,403 – $2,019: 20 hospitals$1,403$2,019 – $2,905: 34 hospitals$2,905 – $4,181: 29 hospitals$2,905$4,181 – $6,017: 51 hospitals$6,017 – $8,659: 25 hospitals$6,017$8,659 – $12,461: 49 hospitals$12,461 – $17,932: 66 hospitals$12,461$17,932 – $25,806: 32 hospitals$17,932median $5,919price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (346 of 381 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$677$97525
$975$1,40315
$1,403$2,01920
$2,019$2,90534
$2,905$4,18129
$4,181$6,01751
$6,017$8,65925
$8,659$12,46149
$12,461$17,93266
$17,932$25,80632

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,919.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,899 across 12 hospitalsMN$2,899Illinois: median $3,080 across 18 hospitalsIL$3,080Wisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $3,478 across 19 hospitalsMI$3,478New York: median $1,729 across 11 hospitalsNY$1,729Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $3,762 across 22 hospitalsIN$3,762Ohio: median $6,969 across 16 hospitalsOH$6,969Pennsylvania: median $1,395 across 17 hospitalsPA$1,395New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,746 across 34 hospitalsCA$2,746Utah: median $14,200 across 23 hospitalsUT$14,200Colorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,509 across 14 hospitalsVA$1,509Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $9,075 across 14 hospitalsNC$9,075South Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceOKLouisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $22,633 across 17 hospitalsGA$22,633Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,957 across 35 hospitalsTX$4,957Florida: median $13,409 across 32 hospitalsFL$13,409
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,919. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA17$22,633+282%$1,726 – $22,633
Utah UT23$14,200+140%$14,200 – $15,778
Florida FL32$13,409+127%$10,413 – $25,806
North Carolina NC14$9,075+53%$2,988 – $9,075
Ohio OH16$6,969+18%$2,811 – $9,831
New Jersey NJ13$5,110−14%$3,986 – $5,855
Texas TX35$4,957−16%$3,707 – $10,991
Indiana IN22$3,762−36%$2,796 – $5,841
Michigan MI19$3,478−41%$769 – $5,919
Illinois IL18$3,080−48%$870 – $14,648
Minnesota MN12$2,899−51%$2,899 – $13,974
California CA34$2,746−54%$2,746 – $20,853
New York NY11$1,729−71%$473 – $15,300
Virginia VA14$1,509−75%$387 – $9,063
Pennsylvania PA17$1,395−76%$366 – $6,352
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,919.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care312$5,831$1,855 – $15,654
Children’s38$9,831$1,597 – $21,379
Critical access30$5,320$876 – $14,200
Ownership
For-profit31$9,723$870 – $22,633
Government42$5,895$1,795 – $9,075
Non-profit307$5,919$2,699 – $15,300
System affiliation
Part of a system343$5,919$2,699 – $15,300
Independent38$5,250$1,027 – $18,934

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$12,749
Median cash price$5,919
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

299 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $6,905 and the average of the middle 60% is $7,889; most fall between $1,726 and $15,778.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 299 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$870$2,746$6,905$14,200$21,721

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($870 vs $21,721).

Of the 312 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 299 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

381 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 411 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted381
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code411

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Perq Transluminal Angioplasty Native/Recr Coa.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Balloon widening of a narrowed aorta (CPT 33897) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33897-balloon-widening-of-a-narrowed-aorta