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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Illinois 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?

$4,970

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,970 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$1,950$1,738 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,862 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $1,950

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$34,673.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,244.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 36th of 49

$4,970

$1,950 physician + $3,020 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.