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Closing The Heart's Left Pouch During Chest Surgery

Utah 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 July 2026.

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

$3,162

Typical facility fee. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $4,571.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $186 to $14,791Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $174 to $224
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $204

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 691.8 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Utah· 26th of 50

$3,162

ME $85,114ND $123

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.