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Repair Of Heart Wall Rupture After Heart Attack

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 33545

Emergency open-heart surgery to close a hole that has torn through the wall between the two lower chambers of the heart following a heart attack. The surgeon patches the hole and may trim away muscle that has died. It is a high-risk operation carried out because the tear otherwise overwhelms the circulation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of Heart Wall Rupture After Heart Attack cost?

$9,164

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,266$2,951 to $7,244
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,951 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $11,749Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $9,333
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $4,266

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$25,703.96

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.7 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

North Carolina· 24th of 49

$9,164

$4,266 physician + $4,898 facility

IN $37,352MD $4,291

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.