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Open-Heart Closure Of One Hole Between The Ventricles

Vermont 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?

$2,239

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $2,239.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $2,239

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

Vermont· 39th of 51

$2,239

CA $12,589MS $2,042

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.