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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,074$3,311 to $5,623
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,042 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,511Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $7,586
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $4,074

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
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th 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.