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Removal Of A Tumor On The Outside Of The Heart

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33130

Open chest surgery to cut out a growth attached to the outer surface of the heart or the sac around it. Removing it relieves pressure on the heart and allows the tissue to be examined under a microscope. The growth may be harmless or cancerous, and the findings guide what treatment follows.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Tumor On The Outside Of The Heart cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,571 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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$4,571$1,820 to $7,586
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$1,738 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $12,023Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $9,120
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $4,571

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
$4,073.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,471.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,120.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,471.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$4,467

CA $8,511WV $1,514

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.