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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Missouri 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?

$5,454

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,454 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$2,884$2,188 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,175 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $6,918
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $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
$1,905.46
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
6 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
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$5,454

$2,884 physician + $2,570 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.