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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Indiana 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?

$35,622

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35,622 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $33,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,660 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$33,884$13,804 to $43,652

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33,884 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $50,119Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,548
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $33,884professional $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
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$52,480.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 49

$35,622

$1,738 physician + $33,884 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.