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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Kentucky 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?

$8,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,455 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,090 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $4,898
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,884

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
$851.14
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,630.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 24th of 49

$8,254

$2,884 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.