go back

Repair Of A Bulge At The Root Of The Aorta

Utah 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?

$5,733

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$2,344$2,042 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,344 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $6,026Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,120
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Utah 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

Utah· 29th of 49

$5,733

$2,344 physician + $3,388 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.