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Scope Removal of a Heart Sac Growth

North Dakota 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 October 2026.

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

$2,325

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,349 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$776 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,344Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 18.3 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Dakota· 33rd of 51

$2,325

$1,549 physician + $776 facility

ME $27,425MD $1,496

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.