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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Illinois 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?

$6,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$3,236$2,951 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,862 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,000Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $6,761
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$58,884.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 41st of 49

$6,547

$3,236 physician + $3,311 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.