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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Colorado 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?

$22,982

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,982 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $20,893 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$2,089 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$20,893$7,413 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $44,668Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $6,457
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $20,893professional $2,089

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,630.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 49

$22,982

$2,089 physician + $20,893 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.