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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Massachusetts 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?

$7,190

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,190 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$2,951 to $5,623
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,692 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $5,888Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $7,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $3,802

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 36th of 49

$7,190

$3,802 physician + $3,388 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.