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Extensive Heart Rhythm Ablation During Other Heart Surgery

Vermont rates for HCPCS 33259

Creates an extensive pattern of scar lines in the heart's upper chambers to block the chaotic electrical signals that cause atrial fibrillation, with the patient supported on a heart-lung machine while it is done. It is performed during another open-heart operation and is billed in addition to that operation. The scar lines channel the heart's electrical activity back into a regular rhythm.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extensive Heart Rhythm Ablation During Other Heart Surgery cost?

$1,288

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,047 to $1,479.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,995
$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $1,380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Vermont· 21st of 51

$1,288

AK $3,388NY $759

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.