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Closure of Holes in Two Walls of the Heart

Delaware rates for HCPCS 33647

Open-heart surgery that closes both a hole in the wall between the upper chambers of the heart and a hole in the wall between the lower chambers during the same operation. Each opening is sealed with stitches or a patch so blood no longer crosses between the two sides of the heart.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Closure of Holes in Two Walls of the Heart cost?

$2,790

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,790 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,820 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $4,786
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Alabama than in Washington. 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$2,790

$1,995 physician + $794 facility

AL $20,182WA $2,502

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.