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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33505

Open-heart surgery to correct a coronary artery that comes off the wrong vessel, so the heart muscle is supplied with blood that carries too little oxygen. The surgeon builds a tunnel inside the lung artery that channels oxygen-rich blood from the aorta across into the misplaced coronary artery. It is carried out with a heart-lung machine, usually in infancy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery cost?

$7,244

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,244 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,244$3,162 to $11,482
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$2,570 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,218Professionalmedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $13,804
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,166professional $7,244

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
$6,165.95
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$15,848.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$15,848.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$20,417.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $7,244 · 4th of 51
CA $13,183KY $2,291

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.