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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Alabama 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?

$5,805

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,805 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$2,089$1,445 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,259 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,090
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,715professional $2,089

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $5,805 · 25th 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.