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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 October 2026.

How much does Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles cost?

$2,982

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,982 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$2,188$1,862 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $2,188

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$2,982

$2,188 physician + $794 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.