Cleaning Out a Heart Artery During Bypass Surgery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33572

During heart bypass surgery, one of the heart's own arteries is opened along its length and the hardened, fatty plaque lining it is stripped out, so blood can flow through it and a graft can be attached. It is done for each artery treated this way and is billed in addition to the bypass operation itself. It is used where the vessel is so heavily diseased that a graft alone would not restore flow.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cleaning Out a Heart Artery During Bypass Surgery cost?

$7,434

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

5% physician fee95% facility fee

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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$355	$257 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$7,079	$2,291 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $398 to $20,417Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $209 to $851

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $302.00 Median $4,265.80 Typical High $12,302.69	Facility	Global	$302.00	$4,265.80	$12,302.69
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $4,570.88 Median $11,481.54 Typical High $27,542.29	Facility	Global	$4,570.88	$11,481.54	$27,542.29
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $354.81 Median $630.96 Typical High $2,041.74	Facility	Global	$354.81	$630.96	$2,041.74
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier AS · PA/NP assist Typical Low $37.15 Median $37.15 Typical High $37.15	Facility	AS · PA/NP assist	$37.15	$37.15	$37.15
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $758.58 Median $3,090.30 Typical High $9,772.37	Facility	Global	$758.58	$3,090.30	$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 26.4 times more in Colorado than in South Dakota. 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

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CO $22,338SD $845

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.