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Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,585 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,995 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,169
$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $2,692

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$19,952.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 31st of 49

$5,322

$2,692 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.