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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

New Jersey 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?

$9,870

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,870 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$2,951$2,570 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $6,457
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $2,951

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 16th of 49

$9,870

$2,951 physician + $6,918 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.