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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 October 2026.

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

$3,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$1,622$1,380 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$603 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,630
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $1,622

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$3,034

$1,622 physician + $1,413 facility

AL $18,845MD $2,111

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.