Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Exclusion of left atrial appendage, open, performed at the time of other sternotomy or thoracotomy procedure(s), any method (eg, excision, isolation via stapling, oversewing, ligation, plication, clip
SAN ANTONIO, TX
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Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.2k is 58% below the median hospital's median price ($2.8k), higher than 42% of the 1,175 hospitals reporting CPT 33268. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | First Health chip per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 2 | First Health chipperinate per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 3 | First Health mcdstar per diem · outpatient | $365 | $365 | — | — | — | $365 – $365 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $919 | $919 | — | — | — | $919 – $919 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthselectopenaccess(eposoa) fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare charter case rate · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare nexusaco case rate · outpatient | $6.5k | $6.5k | — | — | — | $6.5k – $6.5k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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