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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

Iowa rates for HCPCS 33777

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?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 7 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$2,951$2,344 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,890 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,370professional $2,951

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
$2,818.38
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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· 7th of 51

$3,802

CA $13,183MS $2,089

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.