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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33542

Open-heart surgery that cuts away a weakened, bulging section of the heart's muscular wall, usually scar left behind by a previous heart attack. Removing the bulge and reclosing the wall lets the remaining muscle pump more effectively.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle cost?

$17,095

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,095 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $9,333 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$9,333$4,074 to $14,454
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$3,236 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $20,417Professionalmedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $16,982
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $9,333

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
$7,762.47
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$20,417.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,791.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Indiana 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

Alaska· 4th of 49

$17,095

$9,333 physician + $7,762 facility

IN $36,768MD $3,681

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.