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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

North Carolina 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?

$4,186

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$2,399 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$575 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,762Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $5,248
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $3,162

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
11 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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$4,186

$3,162 physician + $1,023 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.