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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 October 2026.

How much does Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,266 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$4,266$3,090 to $5,129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,514 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,166
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $4,266

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$3,981

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.