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Removal Of A Tumor On The Outside Of The Heart

Tennessee 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$2,138$1,585 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$692 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $12,589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $2,138

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
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
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$1,950

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.