go back

Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Montana 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?

$5,322

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$2,630$2,089 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,630 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $2,951Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $7,943
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $2,630

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Montana 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

Montana· 32nd of 49

$5,322

$2,630 physician + $2,692 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.