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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 July 2026.

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

$6,758

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,758 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$2,291$2,291 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$3,090 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $2,291

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 49

$6,758

$2,291 physician + $4,467 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.