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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Louisiana 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?

$4,650

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,650 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$2,138$1,820 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $2,138

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 41st of 49

$4,650

$2,138 physician + $2,512 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.