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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Arizona 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?

$7,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$2,951$2,818 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,291 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $6,166
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $2,951

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 33rd of 49

$7,418

$2,951 physician + $4,467 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.