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Removal Of A Tumor On The Outside Of The Heart

North Carolina 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$1,622$1,318 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,622 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,622

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,589.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,660

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.