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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Michigan 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?

$6,636

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,636 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,514 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,311 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,042
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Michigan 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 feeMichigan $6,636 · 19th 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.