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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

New York 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?

$6,424

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,202 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,820 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,413

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,897.79
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
14 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
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$186.21
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New York 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

New York· 9th of 51

$6,424

$1,413 physician + $5,012 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.