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Extensive Maze Surgery For Irregular Heartbeat

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 33255

Surgery that treats a persistent irregular heart rhythm by creating a pattern of scar lines in the walls of the upper chambers of the heart, blocking the abnormal electrical signals that keep the rhythm disordered. This is the more extensive version, treating a wider area than the limited one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extensive Maze Surgery For Irregular Heartbeat cost?

$3,640

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,640 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,622 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$977 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,365
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,778

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Alabama than in Washington. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$3,640

$1,778 physician + $1,862 facility

AL $19,971WA $2,404

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.