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Exploratory Opening of the Heart

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 33310

Open-heart surgery in which the heart is opened so the surgeon can look inside it directly. Anything abnormal found, such as a blood clot sitting in one of the chambers or an object that has lodged there, is removed during the same operation. It is done when scans suggest something inside the heart has to be dealt with.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exploratory Opening of the Heart cost?

$1,958

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,259 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$427 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,995Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,291
$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $1,445

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Alabama 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

Arkansas· 50th of 51

$1,958

$1,445 physician + $513 facility

AL $19,368MD $1,943

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.