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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Kentucky 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?

$7,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$1,549$1,413 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$1,820 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,818
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,166professional $1,549

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
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,317.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Kentucky 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 feeKentucky $7,715 · 13th 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.