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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Massachusetts 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?

$5,132

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,132 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$2,042$1,778 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,905 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,623Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,042

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 49

$5,132

$2,042 physician + $3,090 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.