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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Kansas 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?

$3,998

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,998 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$2,951$2,344 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$550 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,623Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $3,981
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $2,951

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
$3,019.95
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
6 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
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 33rd of 51

$3,998

$2,951 physician + $1,047 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.