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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Missouri 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?

$6,216

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,216 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,950$1,660 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,570 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $1,950

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 25th of 49

$6,216

$1,950 physician + $4,266 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.