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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

North Carolina 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?

$4,580

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,580 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,585 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,660 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,952.62
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$19,952.62

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 42nd of 49

$4,580

$1,950 physician + $2,630 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.