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Tunnel Repair of a Misplaced Coronary Artery

Alabama 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?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 4 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$3,631$2,344 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $34,674

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $42,658Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $4,571
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K$50.0Kfacility $3,715professional $3,631

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29,512.09
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$47,863.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama $3,631 · 15th 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.