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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

New Hampshire 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?

$4,898

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$3,802$2,884 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$794 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $776 to $11,749Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $7,079
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,096professional $3,802

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 22nd of 51

$4,898

$3,802 physician + $1,096 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.