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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

North Dakota 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?

$7,582

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,012 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$5,012$2,818 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,570 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $8,511Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $6,607
$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $5,012

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
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 32nd of 49

$7,582

$5,012 physician + $2,570 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.