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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33322

Open chest surgery in which a tear, hole or weak point in the aorta or another large vessel beside the heart is closed with stitches rather than replaced. Blood flow is kept going through a bypass circuit while the vessel is opened and repaired.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel cost?

$8,846

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,677 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$4,677$1,820 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,738 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $12,023Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $9,120
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,169professional $4,677

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,715.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,332.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,715.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$13,182.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $8,846 · 10th of 49
IN $24,457MD $2,210

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.