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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

South Carolina 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?

$5,936

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$1,862$1,349 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,905 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,818
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $1,862

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
$1,905.46
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in Indiana 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

South Carolina· 22nd of 49

$5,936

$1,862 physician + $4,074 facility

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.