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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Nebraska 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?

$10,856

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,856 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$2,344$1,349 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,918 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $25,119Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,943
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $2,344

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$53,703.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$45,708.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 49

$10,856

$2,344 physician + $8,511 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.