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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Minnesota 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?

$8,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$3,467$2,754 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,236 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $11,749Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,754
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $3,467

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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 14th of 49

$8,254

$3,467 physician + $4,786 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.