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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

Rhode Island 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?

$2,981

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,549 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,778

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$2,981

$1,778 physician + $1,202 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.