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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Nebraska 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?

$13,082

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,082 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,571 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$4,571$2,291 to $5,623
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,918 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $25,119Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $13,183
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $4,571

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$61,659.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 8th of 49

$13,082

$4,571 physician + $8,511 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.