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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Montana 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?

$8,934

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$4,467$3,548 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$4,467 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $4,898Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $13,183
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $4,467

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Montana 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

Montana· 19th of 49

$8,934

$4,467 physician + $4,467 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.