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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Kansas 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?

$5,540

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,540 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,698 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,291 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,291
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $1,738

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Kansas 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 feeKansas $5,540 · 26th 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.