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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Florida 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?

$4,058

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,058 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$263 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$575 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $155 to $2,692
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,660

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
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$12,882.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
7 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
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Florida 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

Florida· 31st of 51

$4,058

$1,660 physician + $2,399 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.