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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Tennessee 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?

$5,141

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,141 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,570$2,089 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,089 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,571
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $2,570

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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 42nd of 49

$5,141

$2,570 physician + $2,570 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.