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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 July 2026.

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

$8,125

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$2,754$2,089 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,981 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $10,233
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,370professional $2,754

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
$2,754.23
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,623.41
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 49

$8,125

$2,754 physician + $5,370 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.