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Baffle Repair for Transposed Heart Arteries

North Carolina 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$2,399$1,905 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,820 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $2,399

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$2,570

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.