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Removing a Bulging Area of Heart Muscle

Oregon 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?

$10,268

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,370$4,074 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$4,365 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $7,943Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $8,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $5,370

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
$5,128.61
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 14th of 49

$10,268

$5,370 physician + $4,898 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.