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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Kansas 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?

$8,248

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,248 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$3,162 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,631 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $10,471Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $4,365
$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 49

$8,248

$3,236 physician + $5,012 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.