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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Massachusetts 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?

$4,789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$2,884$2,188 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$794 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,074Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $19,498
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $2,884

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,943.28
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
7 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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$4,789

$2,884 physician + $1,905 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.