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First-Stage Repair For Single-Chamber Heart

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 33619

Open-heart surgery in a newborn born with only one working pumping chamber and a severely underdeveloped main artery leaving the heart. The surgeon rebuilds and enlarges that artery so the single working chamber can supply the body, and creates a new route for blood to reach the lungs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First-Stage Repair For Single-Chamber Heart cost?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,981$2,692 to $5,888
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,692 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $10,233Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $8,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $3,981

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
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,309.57
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
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$4,074

CA $13,183WV $3,020

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.