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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

South Carolina 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 6 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$2,692$1,905 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$2,692 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,467
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $2,692

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
$2,691.53
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,309.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$2,692

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.