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Surgical Removal Of Thickened Heart Muscle

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 33416

Cuts away part of the overgrown muscular wall between the heart's two lower chambers where it is obstructing blood on its way out of the heart. The chest is opened and the heart is stopped, with a heart-lung machine taking over the circulation while the excess muscle is trimmed away. It treats a thickened heart muscle causing breathlessness, chest pain, or blackouts.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of Thickened Heart Muscle cost?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,571 to $14,454.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $25,119Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $6,166
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $4,571

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$47,863.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Indiana than in Wyoming. 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 49

$8,511

IN $33,884WY $1,288

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.