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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Nebraska 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?

$11,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$3,388$1,698 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,918 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $25,119Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,333
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $3,388

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$54,954.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 49

$11,900

$3,388 physician + $8,511 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.