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Repair Of A Wound In The Heart

North Carolina 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?

$4,335

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,335 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$3,311$2,239 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$575 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,244Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $6,761
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
11 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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$4,335

$3,311 physician + $1,023 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.