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Repair Of A Wound In The Heart

Kentucky 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?

$4,131

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,131 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$2,042$1,862 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$603 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,365
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $2,042

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
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$4,131

$2,042 physician + $2,089 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.