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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Rhode Island 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?

$3,546

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,546 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$2,042 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,802
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $2,344

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 40th of 51

$3,546

$2,344 physician + $1,202 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.