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Surgical Closure Of A Hole Between Upper Heart Chambers

California rates for HCPCS 33641

Closes a hole in the wall between the heart's two upper chambers, either by stitching it directly or by sewing a patch across it, with the patient supported on a heart-lung machine. Closing it stops blood leaking from one side of the heart to the other, which over time overloads the lungs and the right side of the heart. It treats the common central form of this defect.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Closure Of A Hole Between Upper Heart Chambers cost?

$15,488

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,488 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11,749 to $21,878.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $5,370 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,890
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $15,488professional $1,698

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
$2,818.38
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in Indiana than in Wyoming. 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.

California· 3rd of 49

$15,488

IN $33,113WY $1,288

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.