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Stitch Repair Of The Aorta Or A Great Vessel

South Dakota 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?

$4,688

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,688 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$1,413 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,862 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,715
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,344professional $2,344

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where South Dakota 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 feeSouth Dakota $4,688 · 34th 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.