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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 July 2026.

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

$9,569

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,569 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$4,074$3,162 to $5,623
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,890 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $13,804Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $6,761
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $4,074

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
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,182.57
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 10th of 49

$9,569

$4,074 physician + $5,495 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.