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Removal Of A Tumor On The Outside Of The Heart

Louisiana 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$1,950$1,585 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$550 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $1,950

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
$676.08
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,454.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$1,862

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.