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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Pennsylvania 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?

$7,412

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,950 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,188 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,042

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,786.30
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,691.53
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 17th of 49

$7,412

$2,042 physician + $5,370 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.