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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries cost?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 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 7 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$2,951$2,455 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,169 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $10,965
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,370professional $2,951

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
$2,884.03
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.2 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.

Iowa $3,890 · 8th of 51
CA $13,183WV $2,138

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.