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Closure Of A Hole In The Heart With Band Removal

Georgia rates for HCPCS 33688

Open-heart surgery to close the hole between the two pumping chambers of the heart with stitches or a patch, and at the same time remove a band placed earlier around the lung artery to restrict blood flow to the lungs. Extra tissue may be added where the band narrowed the artery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closure Of A Hole In The Heart With Band Removal cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$2,089 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,388 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,786
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $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
$2,137.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Georgia· 16th of 51

$3,311

CA $13,183WV $2,089

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.