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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 October 2026.

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

$9,430

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,430 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$2,512$2,042 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,023 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,715Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $2,512

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
$2,570.40
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
12 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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 5th of 51

$9,430

$2,512 physician + $6,918 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.