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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Michigan 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?

$6,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$2,042$1,698 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,311 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $6,918Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 19th of 49

$6,940

$2,042 physician + $4,898 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.