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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Idaho 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?

$4,747

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,747 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$2,512 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$676 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,762Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,495
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
9 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 24th of 51

$4,747

$3,162 physician + $1,585 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.