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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33681

Open-heart surgery that closes a single hole in the muscular wall between the heart's two lower pumping chambers. The surgeon may stitch the hole directly or cover it with a patch, depending on its size and position. It is done for a defect that is usually present from birth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles cost?

$11,661

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,166 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$6,166$2,455 to $10,233
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,291 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $14,454Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $12,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $6,166

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,302.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,232.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$14,125.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 7th of 49

$11,661

$6,166 physician + $5,495 facility

IN $35,974MD $2,848

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.