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Reshaping Of An Enlarged Heart Pumping Chamber

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 33548

Open-heart surgery that reshapes the main pumping chamber of the heart after it has stretched and thinned, usually following a heart attack. The scarred area that no longer contracts is closed off and the chamber is brought back toward a normal size and shape, with a patch used when needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reshaping Of An Enlarged Heart Pumping Chamber cost?

$8,846

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,169 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$4,169$2,884 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,884 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $11,220Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $8,913
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $4,169

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
$1,659.59
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$18,197.01
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$24,547.09

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.0 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 Carolina· 25th of 49

$8,846

$4,169 physician + $4,677 facility

IN $37,196MD $4,128

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.