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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Minnesota 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?

$6,981

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$3,890$3,162 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,905 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,128Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $7,079
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $3,890

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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$6,981

$3,890 physician + $3,090 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.