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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Oklahoma 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?

$5,806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 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$3,236$2,754 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,349 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $3,236

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 45th of 49

$5,806

$3,236 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.