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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Georgia 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?

$8,606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$3,236$2,884 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,802 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $12,589Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $5,623
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $3,236

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
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 20th of 49

$8,606

$3,236 physician + $5,370 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.