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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 July 2026.

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

$6,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$2,089 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,630 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $5,248
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 26th of 49

$6,557

$2,291 physician + $4,266 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.