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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

New Mexico 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?

$5,175

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$2,291$1,778 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,399 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $9,333
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 41st of 49

$5,175

$2,291 physician + $2,884 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.