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Closure of a Hole Between the Heart's Chambers

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33676

Open-heart surgery to close one or more holes in the muscular wall separating the heart's two pumping chambers, using patches sewn over the openings. A heart-lung machine takes over the circulation while the surgeon works inside the heart. Closing the holes stops blood leaking from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side and eases strain on the lungs.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Closure of a Hole Between the Heart's Chambers cost?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $17,783 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,692$2,188 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17,783$955 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17,783 · 10th to 90th $513 to $18,197Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,548
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $17,783professional $2,692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$2,754

AK $8,128TX $1,479

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.