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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

North Dakota 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?

$5,326

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,326 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$3,548$3,090 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,570Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,571
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $3,548

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 18th of 51

$5,326

$3,548 physician + $1,778 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.