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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Connecticut 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 October 2026.

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

$7,428

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,428 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$2,630 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,148 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $661 to $24,547Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $3,162

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Alabama than in Washington. 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

Connecticut· 7th of 51

$7,428

$3,162 physician + $4,266 facility

AL $20,238WA $2,549

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.