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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Iowa 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?

$7,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$3,981$2,818 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,514 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,754
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $3,981

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
$2,884.03
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 10th of 51

$7,217

$3,981 physician + $3,236 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.