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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Iowa 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?

$7,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,549 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,020 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,762
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,370professional $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
$2,041.74
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,715.35
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $7,460 · 15th 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.