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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Minnesota 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?

$13,651

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,651 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$5,888$4,677 to $7,943
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$5,495 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $19,498Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $9,772
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $5,888

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
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$38,018.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,220.18
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 7th of 49

$13,651

$5,888 physician + $7,762 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.