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Repair Of A Wound In The Heart

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33300

Closes a tear or puncture in the heart, usually caused by a stab wound, gunshot, or other injury to the chest. The chest is opened and the injury is stitched closed while the heart keeps beating on its own, without a heart-lung machine taking over circulation. It is an emergency operation done to stop bleeding and restore normal heart function.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Wound In The Heart cost?

$21,094

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,094 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $17,783 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,311$2,399 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$17,783$955 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17,783 · 10th to 90th $513 to $18,197Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,365
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $17,783professional $3,311

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Alaska than in Washington. 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$21,094

$3,311 physician + $17,783 facility

AK $21,795WA $3,089

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.