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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

Colorado rates for HCPCS 33776

Open-heart surgery for transposition of the great arteries, a defect present from birth in which the two main arteries leave the wrong pumping chambers. Using a heart-lung machine, the surgeon builds a tunnel-like partition inside the heart's upper chambers so blood is redirected to the correct side. A further defect in the same heart is corrected during the same operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $11,482 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,818$2,291 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,482$2,692 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $933 to $20,417Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $2,818

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$24,547.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,897.79
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Colorado· 11th of 51

$3,311

AK $7,762TX $1,288

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.