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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Colorado 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?

$22,631

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $20,893 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,738 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$20,893$7,413 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $44,668Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,020
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $20,893professional $1,738

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
$1,737.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,019.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 49

$22,631

$1,738 physician + $20,893 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.