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Closing The Heart's Left Pouch During Chest Surgery

Montana 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?

$390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $204 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$129 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$204$200 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $200 to $813Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $79 to $234
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $204professional $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
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$390

$186 physician + $204 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.