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Closing The Heart's Left Pouch During Chest Surgery

Maine 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?

$102,516

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102,516 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $102,329 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$145 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$102,329$81,283 to $102,329

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102,329 · 10th to 90th $776 to $104,713Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $123 to $240
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $102,329professional $186

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81,283.05
Median
$102,329.30
Typical High
$107,151.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47

Where Maine 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

Maine· 1st of 51

$102,516

$186 physician + $102,329 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.