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Repair Of A Wound In The Heart

South 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?

$3,188

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,188 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$2,188$331 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$603 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,981
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $2,188

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
$3,311.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,548.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,025.60
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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where South 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

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$3,188

$2,188 physician + $1,000 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.