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Scope Removal of a Heart Sac Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32661

Minimally invasive chest surgery in which a camera and slim instruments are passed through small cuts between the ribs to remove a cyst or growth from the sac surrounding the heart. Working through small openings avoids spreading the ribs or dividing the breastbone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Removal of a Heart Sac Growth cost?

$4,398

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,398 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$1,413 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $933 to $5,248
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,514professional $2,884

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $4,398 · 28th of 50
ME $23,484MD $1,552

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.