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Closure Of A Hole In The Heart With Band Removal

Texas 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 10 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$2,188$1,905 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,778 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,233Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,311
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $3,020professional $2,188

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $2,239 · 43rd of 51
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.