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Surgery To Destroy An Extra Electrical Pathway

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33250

Open-heart surgery that finds and destroys the extra electrical pathway or small patch of tissue in the upper part of the heart that is triggering bursts of very fast heartbeat. The abnormal tissue is mapped first, then destroyed so the signal can no longer travel through it. This version is done without putting the patient on the heart-lung bypass machine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery To Destroy An Extra Electrical Pathway cost?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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 64 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$1,862$1,585 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$3,090 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,467
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $7,079professional $1,862

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.1 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

CA $8,128WV $1,585

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.