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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 July 2026.

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

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 4 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$3,548$2,291 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $23,988Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $3,548

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$27,542.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.9 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$3,548

CA $13,183WV $2,239

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.