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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

South Dakota 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?

$4,918

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,918 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,715$2,692 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,467Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,898
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $3,715

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
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$19,498.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 21st of 51

$4,918

$3,715 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.