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Removal Of A Tumor On The Outside Of The Heart

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$1,349 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$977 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $174 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $12,589
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$1,514

AK $5,370TX $1,000

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.