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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 July 2026.

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

$10,963

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$3,020$2,089 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $24,547Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,310
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $3,020

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
$3,467.37
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 8th of 49

$10,963

$3,020 physician + $7,943 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.