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Surgical Ablation Of Ventricular Rhythm Focus

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 33261

Open-heart surgery that destroys the small area of tissue in one of the heart's lower pumping chambers where a dangerous fast rhythm starts. The heart is stopped and a heart-lung machine takes over circulation while the surgeon locates and removes or destroys the abnormal focus. It is used when the rhythm cannot be controlled by medicines or by catheter treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Ablation Of Ventricular Rhythm Focus cost?

$4,915

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,915 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$2,344$1,549 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,089 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,128
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $2,344

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 12.1 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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 Mexico· 40th of 50

$4,915

$2,344 physician + $2,570 facility

ME $31,131MD $2,566

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.