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Surgery To Destroy An Extra Electrical Pathway

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,090$2,188 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,514 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,467
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $3,090

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$2,951

AK $5,754TX $1,047

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.