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Closing The Heart's Left Pouch During Chest Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 33268

Closing off the small pouch on the upper left chamber of the heart where blood can pool and form clots, done through the chest opening already made for another heart or chest operation. The pouch may be cut away, stapled, tied, oversewn or clipped. It is charged in addition to the main operation being performed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Closing The Heart's Left Pouch During Chest Surgery cost?

$1,450

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,450 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$200 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$324 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $200 to $6,607Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $145 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 262.6 times more in Maine than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 25th of 51

$1,450

$275 physician + $1,175 facility

ME $102,516MT $390

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.