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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Michigan 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?

$7,189

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,189 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$1,950 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,311 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $2,692
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$2,454.71
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 20th of 49

$7,189

$2,291 physician + $4,898 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.