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Closure of a Hole Between the Heart's Chambers

South Carolina 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,291$1,660 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$603 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,467
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $2,291

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
$2,754.23
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$2,239

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.