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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Iowa 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?

$7,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$2,344$1,905 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,370professional $2,344

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
$2,290.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 49

$7,715

$2,344 physician + $5,370 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.