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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

Texas 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,230$158 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$891 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $30 to $2,512
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,138professional $1,230

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,388.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
12 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
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 51st of 51

$1,288

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.