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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

Tennessee 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,951$2,188 to $4,074
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $25,704
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $2,951

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
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
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 35th of 51

$2,291

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.