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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33720

Open-heart surgery to repair a weakened, ballooning pouch at the root of the aorta, just above the aortic valve. The bulge is closed or patched so that it does not tear into a neighbouring heart chamber.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta cost?

$10,066

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,066 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,495 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$5,495$2,399 to $8,511
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,950 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,303Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $10,471
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $5,495

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$12,022.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$19,952.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.4 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

Alaska· 9th of 49

$10,066

$5,495 physician + $4,571 facility

IN $35,622MD $2,480

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.